Cichlid ID

[Chrisplosion]

Common names essentially mean nothing. From what I have seen Carpintis is far more common than Cyano and both are called Texas. I have also seen Carpintis called Pearl Cichlids. Like how Blood Parrots are called that, Red Parrots, Bloody Parrots, and so on. I think its fair to refer to both as Texas Cichlids.

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[JML1997]

Thanks..

 

[Azedenkae]

Okay I own one, I know plenty who owns them, and I've been on many forums, and I love and did a lot of research on these guys, so I can safely say that for these two in particular, common names do have meaning - again, for these only.

The texas cichlid is Herichthys cyanoguttatum.

The pearlscale texas cichlid, also referred to as the green texas cichlid, is Herichthys carpintis. The super green texas in particular is a particular local variant of the pearlscale/green texas i.e. Herichthys carpintis var. Escondido.

Those who I talk to only use texas to refer to cyanos, and only use pearl(scale)/green texas to refer to carpintis, with no confusion of the designations. Maybe it's just an Australian thing, but that's the case. )

 

[00rollins]

Yea, thats how I have come to understand it, the problem is many sources of info confuse the 2 not you chris but internet data fact sheets on several websites creating widespread confusion and debate. Not that it matters as texas is used commonly for both as chris said. I was getting my info from old school breeders that hsve corrected me and never used the internet, out of my respect for them and the long time expertise they had I took the info verbatem without despute. Thid doesnt make it correct, and the common name really doesnt mean anythig as we can distinguish the two by scientific name without debate. Either was the escondios and valhillos versions of carpentis are in my opinion by far the most attractive.

Hey chris I bet it would be a heated and very long debate on an "official texas vs pearl" discussion thread lol

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[Azedenkae]

Mhm I can understand that, and to be honest if I see a factsheet that gets anything wrong I just 'throw it out the window' so to speak. ) No point reading if they say, get even the name wrong.

Oh wells I guess this isn't a name debate thread or anything, so let's leave it there.

 

[duanes]

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