Port Acara Question

[star4]

How big do they grow? I have been looking on the net this morning, some sites say 5" some 6" one has even said 8-10"???

 

[minxfishy]

I would have thought around the 6" mark. Why

 

[the biffster]

have had them up to
6 to 7 inches in the past
but have heard of the them
been bigger or smaller

 

[england]

Hiya, check this, i find this to be very accuate,
Cichlasoma portalegrense

 

[kaivalagi]

Mine looks as though it will max at 6-7" (edit: put 8 before for some strange reason), but I think there are a couple of varieties out there, another fish with a catch all name that is in fact a few...[font="arial][size="2"]Cichlasoma portalegrense (mostly called port acara) or Cichlasoma bimaculatum (sometimes called black/brown or port acara)[/size][/font]
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[/font][font="arial] [/font][font="arial][size="3"]To compliment Nelly's link, here's the same site with details on the bimaculatum (comes out a tad larger at 12cm): http/www.fishbase....ame=bimaculatum[/size][/font]
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edit: why the questions star4? You not getting more fish again are you!

 

[star4]

I would have thought around the 6" mark. Why

Was just being nosey, not having one


Thanks everyone else

 

[england]

Yeah theres also this guy who pops up alot when talking about port acara,
http/www2.nrm.se/ve/pisces/acara/cichlaso.shtml

 

[star4]

hmmmmm they are pretty

See how easily side tracked I get, I was origionally trying to find out what size the Krobia sp. spot cheek gets to.

 

[kaivalagi]

Yeah theres also this guy who pops up alot when talking about port acara,
http/www2.nrm.se/v.../cichlaso.shtml

Bookmarked, thanks...I'll try out his ID'ing pointers later on