Geophagus Type I.D.

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Aanand

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Hello Everyone,
could you please I.D. the Geophagus type..
Sorry for the bad photo quality...
Thanks.
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For me those photos are too blurry to make any kind of ID determination, in many the difference between species, is placement and alignment of a few spots or similar idiosyncrasies.
There are at least 40 species of Geophagus (many that look remarkably similar) and another couple dozen species of Gymnogeophagus (some that look very similar) so too many to tell.
Below a member of the Geophagus braziliensus complex (G iporangensis)(there are a half dozen of these in the group) to compare
 
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At that small size, I agree with Duanes. It's hard to get a definite identification. I bought what was labelled as G. brasilensis, but after a few years and smaller size, it looked more like iporangensis.
 
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For me those photos are too blurry to make any kind of ID determination, in many the difference between species, is placement and alignment of a few spots or similar idiosyncrasies.
There are at least 40 species of Geophagus (many that look remarkably similar) and another couple dozen species of Gymnogeophagus (some that look very similar) so too many to tell.
Below a member of the Geophagus braziliensus complex (G iporangensis)(there are a half dozen of these in the group) to compare
Thank you...
 
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