Sorry but those are not satanoperca. They look to be either geophagus steindachneri or geophagus pellegrini
What type of geophagus are these?
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^ Can you tell me the reason why you have drawn that conclusion? Which one the geophagus steindachneri or the geophagus pellegrini do they favor more?
Sure, because that is not a satanoperca face or body style. here are pic for reference. 1st pic is a juvi satanoperca leucosticta and 2nd pic is a juvi geo stein. its tough to tell because stein and pellegrini both look very similar at that size. I never kept either of the species so I cant judge it, maybe someone that has kept pellegrini can chim in
No more help, I got to conflicting opinions here and i dont know who is right. Both have good agruments.
I think they are young G. crassilabris. Check this thread: http://www.cichlid.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4948
Scroll down and you'll see that Dean Hougen posted one of his juveniles. It looks just like these fish. IMO the ones in your video don't look like Satanoperca.
Some pictures of young G. pellegrini look very similar as well.
Scroll down and you'll see that Dean Hougen posted one of his juveniles. It looks just like these fish. IMO the ones in your video don't look like Satanoperca.
Some pictures of young G. pellegrini look very similar as well.
I think Ryan and Orinocensis are right. I was only looking at the pattern, not the whole fish. The face is much too rounded to be a Satanoperca. Juvy "Geophagus" pellegrini and G. crassilabris have a similiar pattern and there face fits that group more.
This is why I dislike ID'ing, I tend to focus only on one diagnostic and not the whole fish. Sorry!
This is why I dislike ID'ing, I tend to focus only on one diagnostic and not the whole fish. Sorry!
It threw me off because their pattern is totally different than most of the Geos commonly found in pet stores (altifrons, orange heads, etc.), but at the same time they do not have the shape of a Satanoperca. I don't know much about crassilabrus except that they're technically a Central American fish because they're found in Panama. I'd say that if they're crassilabrus or pellegrini, it's a pretty uncommon find in an LFS either way.
G. brasiliensis juveniles tend to be taller and chunkier, with more spangling on them.
