Texas cichlid male....coming into his own....

[marconi]

Awesome! Looks like he may be similar to mine. Mine I belive is a mix between the two similar species.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9zAUp5uwE

 

[convict4life]

Wow mate really nice fish hope mine turns out like him.just got my first green texas 3weeks ago im a fan already.

 

[Azedenkae]

Thanks.... I did not want to ask that familiar question..... But as time went on he didn't seem to be what I thought he was....(cyano)
I bought my first carpinte from the same store I got this from almost 20 years ago... This one seemed different ..... I did want to see what more knowledgeable keepers might say..well he is a definitely a male... Spawned twice with a female that I had..... But unfortunately he is also a killer...


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Mhm, the one thing that causes so much confusion is that there are so many different types of Carpintis - even those from the same locality can differ in basal color, eye color, and to an extent, pearling attributes.

I would regard this as a Texas:

Whereby the pearlings are smaller in general, and fills up much more of the body. Plus the body color.

Your old Green Texas/Herichthys carpintis might be from a different collection locality.

H. carpintis var. Lahilla tends to have smaller pearlings (compared to other Carps, but still larger than a Cyano) and they're more curved, forming crescents sort of. Their pearlings also tend to be more spaced. They also tend to not develop wormings on the face. Hence why I'd think yours is a Lahilla.

H. carpintis var. Chairel does not tend to develop wormings either, however their pearlings are larger than that of a Lahilla, often forming odder shapes towards the front. The pearlings just below their eyes tend to look like disjointed wormings.

H. carpintis var. Escondido tends to have wormings on their face. They tend to have large, irregular pearlings on their face. They can also have wider spacing between their pearlings. These tend to be referred to as 'Super Green Texas'.

H. carpintis var. Vontehillo is similar to the Escondido, though is said to have more 'chunky' pearlings and wormings. Looks bigger and more joined together.

H. carpintis var. Rio Salto tend to have wormings like Escondido and Vontehillo, though much smaller pearlings than both of those varieties (still bigger than a Cyano tho).

Those're pretty much the more common/well known strains. I have heard of other collection localities such as El Salto, but bleargh.

 

[xevar]

looking good

 

[cich78]

Thanks everyone for your comments...
Marconi..nice texas i subscribed..looking forward to any new vids...
Convict4life...give your texas time..he will get there..mine is barely 4 inches...
Azendenkae ..I thank you greatly for that info...what threw me off about mine is that mine and the female that I bought him with we're in Spawning colors with the light front and dark blue black ventral and back half of their body's...they we out of that color briefly. But much of the time were in it... I went through a time where I could not watch my Tanks diligently and lost her to his aggression.. Now that he is been growing and out of spawning color for a while I do see that he looks like carpinte as you pointed out..... I've been looking at more pictures of Texas cichlids and have seen that picture you posted... You probably already know this but for those who don't look up Rio grande perch or Rio grande cichlid rather than Texas and you will see the real deal being taken right out of the river on fishing web sites.... You will see some variation and maybe some carpinte being fished out too but some definite Texas cichlids... They are also prevalent in New Orleans and New Orleans fishing website shows them....




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[cich78]

Update photo....... and HAPPY HOLLIDAYS
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