Name That Dwarf Cichlid!

[ZoddyZod]

the fish below was sold to me as a Nannacara Anomala (Golden eye dwarf), but I'm not sure. Might it be one of the Laecatara species?

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

American cichlid IDs aren't my thing at all, but your mystery fish looks very familar, in as much as I saw some lovely looking Laetacara dorsigera at Romsey WOW with JDs4me a few weeks back.

 

[ZoddyZod]

well I'd be quite chuffed with a dorsigera - haven't seen a single one of them around here since I started keeping fish.

 

[minnnt]

Make a trip to Wharf Aquatics Stu, they've got Curviceps, Dorsigera and Anomala in.

Could always post you some if you wanted?

 

[ZoddyZod]

Cheers for the offer.....but with 5 Bolivians and this little fella i am well stocked in the dwarves department.

 

[minnnt]

Fair enough, just thought I would offer.

 

[ZoddyZod]

Fair enough, just thought I would offer.

and it's much appreciated!

 

[minnnt]

 

[MBOU]

Its face makes me think Nannacara

 

[ZoddyZod]

its face does - but the colouration looks nothing like any of the nannacara I've seen - was at a lfs only 15mins ago and they had some larger nannacara specimens which had very little in common with mine.

Anyone know if they change a lot with age?

 

[MBOU]

I kept/sold both N. annomola and N. aureocephalus and i found they varied a lot in each batch and changed with their mood an awful lot, especially the latter. I had a pair in the tank and sometimes had to do double take as colour change made it look a different fish.

 

[ZoddyZod]

hmmm, aureocephalus seems to be similar. I've not noticed any colour/patterning change in mine yet though - always looks the same.

 

[peterclarke666]

Well it's certainly not any nanacara species as the face shape and body shape are all wrong especially the colouration aswel it's clearly a Laecatara species but which one I couldn't tell you until near adult size and this one is only a juvi

 

[thereverendturtle]

Laetacara araguaiae. At least that's the closest I can find.

 

[ZoddyZod]

that's a good shout reverend - just had a look through some photos and it seems the closest to mine.

this video of one proves it a little more....

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR8T8MvYu3I