Aequidens portalegrensis picture request
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Am guessing you mean port cichlids, Cichlasoma portalegrensis ... the aren't acaras.
Peanut is the only person I know that has some here, hopefully he'll see this and post pics of his up, I want to see how they are doing. Beautiful fish as adults.
Peanut is the only person I know that has some here, hopefully he'll see this and post pics of his up, I want to see how they are doing. Beautiful fish as adults.
I was under the impression they were acaras. They often go as black acaras, brown acaras, port acaras. While possibly not Aequidens, lumping cichlids in Cichlasoma is quite out of date, I am pretty sure 
Nope, the port cichlids were restricted to Cichlasoma many years ago, which is what started having to rename all the other fish. Ports are the only fish allowed to be still listed under Cichlasoma, it's the correct genus.
You are right, they used to be considered acaras way back 20 plus years ago, only becuase of the number of hard rays in their anal fin. But Kullander determined they are really in the Cichlasomine subfamily, not the Acara subfamily.
You are right, they used to be considered acaras way back 20 plus years ago, only becuase of the number of hard rays in their anal fin. But Kullander determined they are really in the Cichlasomine subfamily, not the Acara subfamily.
