What type of Vieja is this?

[sujay313]

I recently brought home my first Vieja cichlid. But I'm not too sure what kind of Vieja he is. Can someone help me out?

 

[Sassafras]

Did you mean to post a picture?

 

[sujay313]

Did you mean to post a picture?

View attachment 1000062394.jpg

 

[sujay313]

Did you mean to post a picture?

Yes, my bad. Didn't notice the photos processing were canceled. Shared one now.

 

[sujay313]

Here's few more

 

[Backfromthedead]

Looks like melanurus to me. Good looking cichlid.

 

[sujay313]

Looks like melanurus to me. Good looking cichlid.

Thank you! That was my first thought, but all the melanurus or syn i preciously saw always were always a lot more yellow or orange. But I guess they come is all colors and shapes lol. Thanks for your comment!

 

[mindstate]

Looks like the Vieja Melanura Belize my lfs has.

 

[sujay313]

Looks like the Vieja Melanura Belize my lfs has. View attachment 1552915

Thanks for sharing! Yeah he does look similar to this one

 

[HybridFinatic]

Looks like a hybrid. My guess is fenestrata mixed with synspilum/melanura or something like that but who knows. Doesn’t look like a pure species.