Some cichla sp. Xingu problems

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I read the cichla ID thread above and I think my fish is Xingu I right?
Can any experts tell me which of the follows is correct?
cichla sp. Xingu I = cichla melaniae
cichla sp. Xingu II,III = cichla Mirianae
cichla fogo = cichla Mirianae collected from São Benedito

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ROSTY said:
I read the cichla ID thread above and I think my fish is Xingu I right?
Can any experts tell me which of the follows is correct?
cichla sp. Xingu I = cichla melaniae
cichla sp. Xingu II,III = cichla Mirianae
cichla fogo = cichla Mirianae collected from São Benedito
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Very nice!!! Where did you purchase this guy from?

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fogo = marianae, which nobody has

all the xingus from around the US all came from Michael in Germany, wild or F1., and distributed by myself and one other individual, and including the ones you see in Taiwan, and Phillipines. Which means they are all melaniae. xingu I,II,III is just some assignment people gave to the same fish, but various stages of the same fish which looks different. Possibly caught in upper or lower xingu, but from what I see, they all look the same.

Fogo which is marianae has occellis on the flanks., like a xingu/orino hybrid.
 
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fugupuff said:
fogo = marianae, which nobody has

all the xingus from around the US all came from Michael in Germany, wild or F1., and distributed by myself and one other individual, and including the ones you see in Taiwan, and Phillipines. Which means they are all melaniae. xingu I,II,III is just some assignment people gave to the same fish, but various stages of the same fish which looks different. Possibly caught in upper or lower xingu, but from what I see, they all look the same.

Fogo which is marianae has occellis on the flanks., like a xingu/orino hybrid.
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Thanks a lot!! This question bothers me for a while. I really should come up this forum and consult you guys experts much earlier. So all Xingu I,II,III are melaniae actually. I am a big fish enthusiast from Taiwan and getting very interested in cichla recently. These are three fishes with different sizes ranged from 11~17cm. Hope some day we can see a fogo in the aquarium market.
 
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fugupuff said:
fogo = marianae, which nobody has

all the xingus from around the US all came from Michael in Germany, wild or F1., and distributed by myself and one other individual, and including the ones you see in Taiwan, and Phillipines. Which means they are all melaniae. xingu I,II,III is just some assignment people gave to the same fish, but various stages of the same fish which looks different. Possibly caught in upper or lower xingu, but from what I see, they all look the same.

Fogo which is marianae has occellis on the flanks., like a xingu/orino hybrid.
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Wes the first batch of xingu's that went around are from Michael B. in germany. SOme of the smaller xingu you see floating around came from pairs that are actually in the US. There are 2 active pairs that i know of....and a 3rd pair that DA Amazon Don sold that went to an unknown buyer. So all these newer xingu actually came from within the US :)
 
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gangster said:
Wes the first batch of xingu's that went around are from Michael B. in germany. SOme of the smaller xingu you see floating around came from pairs that are actually in the US. There are 2 active pairs that i know of....and a 3rd pair that DA Amazon Don sold that went to an unknown buyer. So all these newer xingu actually came from within the US :)
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yes, I stand corrected, for the most recent batches, they came from domestic breeders. However with that being said, the lineage of the fish, all came from Michael's wild fish, from Brazil.
 
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