I was fishing in the Rio Parismina in Costa Rica and caught a bunch of the cichlids below on small floating Rapala lures while waiting for the ocean to calm down for tarpon. I thought they would look great in a tank; anyone know what they are:
Costa Rican Cichlid Identification
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my first thought from the first pic was black belt, but the second pic threw me off a bit. I just did a little bit of reading on The Cichlid Room companion though and the only member of the Vieja/Paratheraps group that is native to Costa Rica is the black belt (Vieja maculicauda). So, unless it's a non-native fish (which if it is it could be some type of hybrid) then it must be a Black Belt. 
i agree .. i thought at frist they was balck belts to lol till i had a better lookJason_S said:my first thought from the first pic was black belt, but the second pic threw me off a bit. I just did a little bit of reading on The Cichlid Room companion though and the only member of the Vieja/Paratheraps group that is native to Costa Rica is the black belt (Vieja maculicauda). So, unless it's a non-native fish (which if it is it could be some type of hybrid) then it must be a Black Belt.
It's a Blackbelt cichlid http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?i...s?q=Vieja+maculicauda&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=G some vary in colour but it's definatly a wild blackbelt cichlid i've seen this same question asked befor on other forums.