'Cichlasoma' atromaculatum

[BobP]

Thought I would share a few photos of some atromaculatum I used to keep. You don't see these around too much anymore. I liked their color pattern, but they were very shy even after raising them since they were half an inch.

Photo of them when I received them at the 2003 ACA convention.

 

[volcomstone]

Wow good looking and rare fish Bob. How was their temperament when raising them and how big do they get?

 

[darth pike]

Very nice to see these. Most people focus more on their sister species, exCichlasoma ornatum ... but these have a cool pattern, but colorfull fish tend to trump pattern fish in most cases.

 

[BobP]

They are not very aggressive. You can see the young Amphilophus altifrons in the background that I used to keep with them. I would say similar to psittacus or severum in temperament. The largest one I kept grew up to about 7"-8" after about 4 years.

 

[Dmaan.]

i've never heard of seen thesee badboys, but they don't look to bad!

 

[gnuisance]

never heard of this species, thanks for sharing

 

[straitjacketstar]

Shut up! I've wanted these since I first saw them in a cichlids Aqualog.
Do you know of anyone with any right now?
How big are the ones in your pix? I love their shapes and patterns.