Cryptoheros cutteri

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Similar things occur here in Panama,
in rivers west of the Mamoni, Andinoacara are often the only cichlid I catch,
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Go futher east and often Darienheros are coaught.
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from the Mamoni and eastward Darienheros, and Andinoacara dominate, but usually in separate flow rate situations,
and occasionally I find Isthmoheros interspersed, in the widest riverine courses.
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Normally only 1 or 2 cichlids per river are found, yet all the while, non-cichlids randomly occur en masse east to west, and on both side of the mountains.
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especially tetras
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It took me 5 years of collecting to find 1 Geophagus, and the same day it was caught ony Darienheros were found with it, in the same stream.
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Kind of makes one wonder about the how, combining cichlids in our tanks should be done.
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By the way, in keeping with the gist of this thread, here are some cutteri I kept back in the states

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Above spawning mode,
below non'spawning colors
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But colors often depend widly on location (variants)
Below are 2 Chuco intermedium.
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Each from separate river systems.
Below Andinoacara from separate systems.
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Above a varant from Centra Panama
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And below Darienheros
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Mamoni, a large open river,
Below Darienheros from, Rio Plataneros, a smaller stream, covered in dense overhanging tropical foliage.
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Mamoni river
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Below Plataneros
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