Astronotus(where's your) occelatus

[Noddy]

the strange thing is his brothers and sisters had occuli showing allready on the 7cm bodies...and mine hasn't.

 

[Gaz_ham]

my lutino red doesn't have an eyespot! hes 7 inches odd. so i guess they dont always have them

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

There's no sexual dimorphism in Oscars.

 

[Noddy]

sill looking closely at its tail.
No change yet.
He did eat my algaeeater though this week...

 

[Miguel]

I believe ( not fully certain, though )there is an Astronotus subspecies that has no, or less developed, ocells....

maybe you got that one, which would be lucky of you

 

[Eläköön]

they usually do have eye spots but there is the odd occation that you could get one without

i have two red oscars, ones white ones black neither of them have the tailspot. and they are 7" and 8" long.
they are pure orange on their sides though so i think the breeding for the red colour has just coloured over the spot? i dno
i'l try to get a pic

 

[Eläköön]

heres a pic