Cyano or Carpintis?

[Citrinellus]

I bought this fish back at an auction pretty cheap as a "Wild Blue Texas". There were several other sold there also. Right know he is in a quarantine tank and is pretty skittish these were two photos that showed his sides well. If he is a carpintis, does anyone have a guess which location he was collected from?

 

[Citrinellus]

Anyone? I'm pretty sure its carpintis, just want to hear other's opinions and possible figure out which variation of carpintis it is.

 

[calicichlid]

I would say it was a Carpintis over a Cyano, but as far as varient could not say. I would add that the facial pattern is none that have seen on a carpintis before. Hopefully the expert members of this subject matter will chime with an expert opinion.

 

[Sab_Fan]

looks a lot like mine, which I'm also assuming to be Carpintis . . . but really, unless you get it from a qualified source, hard to say just what variant it might be

 

[newworld]

if at the greenwater auction those guys looked like mixes, i saw those....

 

[Citrinellus]

if at the greenwater auction those guys looked like mixes, i saw those....

The gwasoc? Yeah I didn't have that high expectations when I bought him. Oh well.

 

[the animal guy]

I have never seen any pure Carpinte nor Cyanos like that before.

It's a hybrid to me.

 

[Citrinellus]

Glad I only spent $4 on him.

 

[the animal guy]

Glad I only spent $4 on him.

still.. How could it be sold as a wild fish? I think that's shady.

 

[Citrinellus]

still.. How could it be sold as a wild fish? I think that's shady.

It was an auction, the seller probably wanted to get the crowd bid higher and claimed they were wild blue texas. I can think of one person off the top of my head who would lie and I've caught him purposely selling fish as mated pairs when they weren't.