Curious about Texas max sizes

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Jimmy Side eye

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Hi All

Im very interested in the eventual sizes of the H. Carpinte range.
What size do they max out at? and which regional variants differ from the norm? Ive read that Cyanoguttatus can grow to 12"!!! but also i read somewhere ( cant find the source ) that there is a race of Cyano's that only grow to 6" max?
Im trying to find the max sizes of all the ranges, from as many catch locations as i can, Escondido, Lahillas, Chairel, vontehillo, aquarium strains, Rio Salto's, Rio Soto's and Cyano's. any more???

If anyone has adult specimens of any of these species, id be very grateful for info on their max sizes or even pics!?!?!

I have a group of F1 H. Carpinte 'Chairel' with the biggest male just over 8". I think he may still have an inch or two left to go maybe?


Cheers

Wayne!!
 
Heres some shots of my Chairel.

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surely someoneone has some info/theories????/ LOL
 
I have never had/seen a carpintis over 10. My female 'lahillas' seemed to stop growing at about 8. I have only owned 4 though.

Cyanoguttatus, a different species than the carpintis (and the only one that is/should be called a Texas IMO), I have seen at 12 inches. There is a dwarf texas available on some online stores, but I believe its a hybrid of some sort. I have never seen one that carried the exact traits of either a cyano or a carpintis solely.
 
sorry im not sure about this as iv yet to keep carpinte but your fish is very pretty, and im interested to see what some of the more experienced keepers out there have to say about this, i thought they got to like 10in but im not sure about the regional differences also having a difference in size its very possible though, im planning on getting a pair of escondidos so would like to see how big the ones people own on here have gotten

haha JINX scott (posted at same time lol)
 
Here is big wild male I caught a couple of weeks back, did not measure him, threw him back. There were bigger ones in plain sight.

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I had a male Tex. He grew a very large hump when he hit 12in. Unfortunately, I gave him to a friend with big ponds because the tex beat up my wife's precious convicts and JDs. We now have a juvie tex for a larger tank. I hope he'll get as big as my first one.
 
look at this carpinte/tex mix.........he was big

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