Cichlasoma sp. cf dimerus

[mahlerfan]

Some photos of this pair and their several week old fry.

Pair

Female

Male

 

[DBLN8]

Great pic!

 

[dogofwar]

Acaras are great - what's the collection location on these?

Matt

 

[rsretep]

Nice fish

 

[mahlerfan]

Thanks guys.

Matt,
I don't have a collection point for these. I got the pair along with an extra female from Jeff, mixed in a bunch of Cichlasoma dimerus Mato Grosso. The C. dimerus have a deeper body, are green and have a much sharper pointed snout. While these are blue, are more elongate and have a long rounded snout. I'm assuming they were not caught together as I've never heard of two species of Cichlasoma occupying the same habitat. My guess is they were caught at a different location and just added to the same holding tank as the C. dimerus, but who knows.

 

[Spine]

I like them!

 

[mahlerfan]

More photos.

 

[xny89]

Beautiful fish and a great tank too.

 

[mahlerfan]

xny1989, thanks.