cichlid ID plz

[jworth]

for me i can tell by the tail spot. the mayans are much larger and usually reach from top to bottom. the festae are smaller and obviously towards the top.

 

[cichlidfish]

That is a nice looking mayan.

 

[pdbrady]

It's a uro, and a male, spot at base of tail, in fesate the spot is small and at the top of the tail, uropthalmus the spot is large and centers at the base of the tail. The Florida fish farmers all sell Uros as Red terrors, one of the biggest scams in the hobby right now. I like uros, but hate when fish are sold under the wrong name, that's why you should never use common names, learn the latin. Ken

Which is how I got my uro. My lfs got them in as rt, obviously weren't. I got mine knowing what I was getting, as I like them. Other's who are wanting rt are not so fortunate.