Anyone help ID these

h0ckeyfreek20 · Sep 25, 2014

I bought (7) Geos and are growing much faster than anticipated. I may have bought the wrong fish for my tank.
About 8 months old and shown in order of size.

Biggest two are 7.5", the rest 6.5", the oddball 4"

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Joe Fish · Sep 25, 2014

maybe geophagus surinamensis

vr6fan · Sep 25, 2014

I see altifrons, heckelii and is the last one pellegrini?

h0ckeyfreek20 · Sep 26, 2014

Joe Fish said:
maybe geophagus surinamensis

vr6fan said:
I see altifrons, heckelii and is the last one pellegrini?

Looked them up. Definitely Altifrons and Surinamensis.. and Probabaly Heckelii but I don't think the last one is Pellegrini, it remains a mystery haha

h0ckeyfreek20 · Sep 26, 2014

Also now the question is are they worth anything if I sell? because I don't think i can keep them

jonclark96 · Sep 26, 2014

The last one is most likely a steindachnari rather than pellegrini. Pellegrini are pretty hard to come by.

I'm no geophagus expert, but I do not believe any of them to be true surinamensis.

h0ckeyfreek20 · Sep 29, 2014

jonclark96 said:
The last one is most likely a steindachnari rather than pellegrini. Pellegrini are pretty hard to come by.

I'm no geophagus expert, but I do not believe any of them to be true surinamensis.

Doesn't look like steindachneri either although i suppose it could be. what makes you say they aren't surinamensis?

UnstoppableJayD · Sep 29, 2014

The last one I believe is steinbackneri

this will help figure out the "surinamensis" types

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...lleri-altifron-and-abalio&highlight=altifrons

jonclark96 · Sep 30, 2014

True surinamensis are rarely collected from the wild. There are lots of fish that are imported and sold as "surinamensis", but usually they are another species from the complex. Jason's link is a good read.

Miguel Monteiro · Sep 30, 2014

1. G. abalios
2. G. dicrozoster
3. G. steindachneri


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