Here's one for you new world experts.

[cichlidaddicted]

A friend from ccy is trying to Id this fish. Anyone have any ideas?

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[jonclark96]

Definitely looks amphilophus to me. Hard to say exact species. Many of the wild caught specimens that I have seen of both citrenellum and labiatus have some pretty remarkable coloration (Rapps has some cool pictures on his website). Without collection location, it be hard to determine exactly which species. If it is a tank raised specimen, unless you know where it comes from, there is a good chance that it has both citrenellum and labiatus in its heritage.

There are a lot of good stickys in the MFK New World Section about amphilophus and exactly how many distinct species there are.

 

[rich_one]

Agreed... some kind of amphilophus. Nice looking fish. Very different pattern.

-Rich

 

[harlowe777]

Thats BAD ***!!..

 

[cichlidaddicted]

Any chance its herichthys? Someone up there thinks so. Personallt i don't see it.

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[Andrewtfw]

I see what looks like something from the old vieja complex (slope of head, rays on tail, blue eye) crossed with amphilophus.

 

[rich_one]

Nah... me personally, can't say I see herichthys. I think someone might be thinking about the tuxedos... but that is not a bartoni, imo.

-Rich

 

[cichlidaddicted]

Thanks a lot everyone

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[jonclark96]

I agree with Rich. The body shape isn't correct for herichthys.

 

[festaedan]

Looks like citrinellus (midas) to me.
Midas have more "pushed in" stockier profiles that red devils.

 

[CichlidAddict]

catemaco fenestratus

It looks like a Vieja fenestratus from Lago Catemaco. This is the only volcanic lake where a pink and white form of fenestratus is found. The one in the pic is going through a peeling process, similar to Red Devil, so the final color is unknown. Here are pics of mine which has completed the peeling process and turned from black,pink and white into nearly all white. Similar to RD, the peeling process is a gradual losing of the pigmentation as the fish mature, and the final color is highly variable.

 

[Thai]

Not a pure fish, looks vieja x midas complex or even blood parrot.

 

[CichlidAddict]

Not a pure fish, looks vieja x midas complex or even blood parrot.

Vieja synspillum + Midas = Blood Parrot. BP has crooked mouth. The OP pic has normal mouth. So I don't think it is a hybrid. Pink and piebald Catamaco fene are highly variable in color pattern before peeling.

 

[Thai]

Vieja synspillum + Midas = Blood Parrot. BP has crooked mouth. The OP pic has normal mouth. So I don't think it is a hybrid. Pink and piebald Catamaco fene are highly variable in color pattern before peeling.

Not all veija x midas come out like blood parrots.....some can look like rose queens and some can look like mid devils and some may look like BPs...there is not set outcome...

 

[jonclark96]

I've kept the catemacos, and the body shape and head shape on the OP's picture don't match IME. I still stick with a unique colored amphilophus.