Cichlid Guessing Game, CA/SA Cichlids Only!!
- Thread starter Peanut_Power
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Innitially I thought the fish was a 'red ceibal' because it looks alot like one, but did not compare it to any pictures, but then I checked the Cichlid Room Companions list of Austroloheros species and noticed it was the EXACT same picture shown as Austroloheros sp. "tropa veija' 
http://www.cichlidae.com/gallery/genus.php?id=201
The Cichlid Room Companion is a very reliable source. They use pictures of wild caught fish with a known collection point and have some one very knowledgeable determining the species.
Hope your not going to suggest it is Cichlasoma facetum (?). Cichlasoma has been an invalid term for SA and CA Heroine for almost 30 years now. These types of fishes have had their own genus, Austroloheros, for about 4 years now, and there are at least 20 described species besides facetum, as well as a number of undescribed species.
OR has Austroloheros sp. 'tropa veija' recently become a described species?
http://www.cichlidae.com/gallery/genus.php?id=201
The Cichlid Room Companion is a very reliable source. They use pictures of wild caught fish with a known collection point and have some one very knowledgeable determining the species.
Hope your not going to suggest it is Cichlasoma facetum (?). Cichlasoma has been an invalid term for SA and CA Heroine for almost 30 years now. These types of fishes have had their own genus, Austroloheros, for about 4 years now, and there are at least 20 described species besides facetum, as well as a number of undescribed species.
OR has Austroloheros sp. 'tropa veija' recently become a described species?
