It's so hard to tell what they are at that size. Nics or rainbows are very strong possibilities.
Anyone able to ID this bigbox mis-label?
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shape of the face doesn't look like a rainbow to me. closer to nicaraguense. OP, you should buy one and then post updated pics in a month or two 
I edited the shot a little , and here are some more of my pics to compare, first the lents below
and now as Stanzzzz suggested, some nics
You usually pay more for something that isn't a hybrid.
Don't buy them as nics on just my guess.
That's what they look like to me but I can't be sure from those pictures.
I want you to buy them though just to see what they are
Just to add a little more confusion to the mix, below are some young multispinnossa (rainbows) the larger cichlid in the back, is Cichlasoma dimerus
The reason I doubt the are rainbows (at least from what I can see in the OPs photo.
Is that the ones in the photo have a subterminal mouth (like nicaraguense does)
meaning the mouth "points" downward, the upper jaw is in a more more dominant position.
As you can see by the sot above "rainbow have a terminal mouth, it point upward.
Another example of subterminal would be Paraneetroplus gibbiceps (below
another shot of a nic
The reason I doubt the are rainbows (at least from what I can see in the OPs photo.
Is that the ones in the photo have a subterminal mouth (like nicaraguense does)
meaning the mouth "points" downward, the upper jaw is in a more more dominant position.
As you can see by the sot above "rainbow have a terminal mouth, it point upward.
Another example of subterminal would be Paraneetroplus gibbiceps (below
another shot of a nic
Nice shots duanes, and a good reference point to the mouth on the op's pics.This is one of the reasons they look like nics to me.The other is the caudle and mid lateral line spot. They look in keeping with nics.Here is a shot of a lent eating mosquito larvae with their "predominently"subterminal mouth
I could be completely wrong though.
