Mystery cichlid
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I can say with 100% certainty that the fish in question is a Mayan cichlid. The ocellus (tail spot) is too large for it to be a festae. I have caught about 100 Mayans and kept about 30 in the past.
The one with the orange belly is a firemouth, without a doubt.
The one you can barely see in the corner appears to be a venustus cichlid. I am about 95% sure on that one.
If anyone disagrees please check out images of the potential species first. IMO this is an open and shut case.
The one with the orange belly is a firemouth, without a doubt.
The one you can barely see in the corner appears to be a venustus cichlid. I am about 95% sure on that one.
If anyone disagrees please check out images of the potential species first. IMO this is an open and shut case.
Doesn't really explain the typical "Y" on the 1st band frequently used to tell the 2 species apart.....thoughts?
Mayaheros uropthalmus has many color variations even within a single population, and I believe the Y bands are not an accurate way to distinguish between the 2,
If you look closely at the uros in my videos below, you will see many different shapes, variations, lack of bands, and even counts. And in this first video is filmed in only one cenote,
and there are hundreds of these sink holes all the Yucatan with many other location color, and genetic variation
Below another short video from a few hundred yards away from the 1st one.
If you look closely at the uros in my videos below, you will see many different shapes, variations, lack of bands, and even counts. And in this first video is filmed in only one cenote,
and there are hundreds of these sink holes all the Yucatan with many other location color, and genetic variation
