cichlid identification

[monsterfishfan]

what cichlid is this guy? he is very young

 

[knifegill]

Flowerhorn with notch defect?

 

[monsterfishfan]

when i buyed him they said he was a Amphilophus festae but he is so strange he doesnt appear to be a festae

 

[EJKC]

Not festea. If anything else it would be alittle. Uro. FALSE Festea.

 

[monsterfishfan]

thanks

 

[knifegill]

False doesn't mean bad! And you won't find many cichlids with that defect. He'll make a great conversation piece for sure!

 

[fishluvr12]

It's a Urophthalmus, also known as mayan cichlid and false Red terror

 

[monsterfishfan]

thanks fishluvr12 i wanted the fish you have in your avatar

thanks for the answers this thread can now be deleted