Peacock Bass I.D. help....Tem? Mix? WTF!

[MonsterPeacock]

Hey all. I got two "mystery" bass that my GF picked up at a local fish store a few months back now. They told her at first they didn't know what species they were, so she asked them to call who supplied them and find out. They did and called her back saying they were Tems. They were only about an inch at the time and when she brought them home they looked like tems to me, sporting the solid black line all the way down and were narrower then my other 1" and 2" Orinos and Monos in the same grow out tank and looked different but knew only time would really tell. Now they are about 3" and I'm still not convinced to what they are, their still in the grow out tank with the Orinos, Monos, Ocell & Xingu and look nothing like the others?

Thoughts?


This is when I first got them at about an inch

Tem?


This is now
Tem?

Tem?



Here's is one of my Orinos about the same size in that same tank for a comparison (Note I don't need an ID on this fish Below)

 

[Houdini89]

Not a Tem, but looks like a nice Orino............

 

[HULON]

It's an Orino IMO just like the lower pic....Just a different look right now....

 

[MonsterPeacock]

Not a Tem, but looks like a nice Orino............

Guess what throws me off is they don't look like any of the three Orino's I know are Orino's and are the same size and age..

 

[MonsterPeacock]

I had a feeling it may be another Orino.... Sucks too because that means I have 6 orinos growing out... Guess I'll have to pic out the best ones and sell a few than.

 

[Steveo McNello]

Definitely Orino. I have had them in the past have a solid black line all the way across. Not a Tem : /

 

[gangster]

Its better that its an orino than a tem. Tems would outgrow all the growouts you have in a heartbeat.

 

[bassinmike85]

orino..one orino i got from gangster keeps the straight black line most of the time also..