Cichlid ID

[Fishnerd360]

I’ll agree with it being some kind of Oreochromis as the pattern on the tail I’ll usually see on tilapia. To me it looks similar to Oreochromis urolepis as the pattern is similar. But I’m no cichlid specialist.

 

[duanes]

I also agree, my first impression is that it is some sort of a Tilapine.

 

[Gourami Swami]

Definitely not a beani, at least not a pure one. Lots of things are way off.
Tilapine for sure. Could be a hybrid of some sort or a pure tilapia. Oreochromis niloticus Nile tilapia maybe?

 

[duanes]

To help compare

male beanii above, female below


young oreochromis niloticus above
another Oreochromis species below

There are bout 100 species of Tilapines, and many look similar so determining which is which without a known collection location, is rather difficult, and as Gourami Swami said, they easily hybridize, which muddies the waters even more

 

[duanes]

Its even harder to tell after they've been cooked.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

YOU MONSTER!!! MY WOULD U COOK IT!!!

 

[KATALEKEEPER]

fish are tasty.

 

[duanes]

Here in Panama, fish that people in the US usually think of only as aquarium fish, are all thought of as food.
Cichlids like Vieja , Parachromis, feral Oscars and P Bass, and many catfish are all eaten (as long as they're big enough).
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Above a shot from a small grocery store fish counter.
Below a friend cooking up some P-Bass (caught in lake Gatun), for a dinner get together, we had pre-Covid.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

But your pets???

 

[Deadeye]

But your pets???

I thought bubbles went to live on a farm with the other goldfish?