Does this little guy looks more like a Midas or a Red Devil to you guys?

[Roger Mcfish]

Meaning thats a strange looking parachromis

First one is parachromis multifaciatus la ceiba

 

[newworld]

First one looks like a managuense mix second old loisellei

 

[Roger Mcfish]

First one looks like a managuense mix second old loisellei

Def not managuense. Jaguars have slightly bigger, bolder black spots.

 

[Roger Mcfish]

Here's one of my Jaguars N newworld

 

[newworld]

Ok

 

[HUKIT]

I’ve had some great looking mutts over the years but they’re just that. Enjoy the fish for what they are but if they spawn what you do with the fry possibly perpetuates the cycle. The problem is like you just said it yourself, you have two alleged species together in the same pond which can result in fry that may or may not be the species in question. Just as duanes mentioned so many Amphilophus look similar when young so they’re sold as something they be genuine or possibly not.



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Thread 'Please read before asking if you have a Midas or Red Devil'

Oct 29, 2010

There have been a lot of threads lately from people asking if their fish is a Midas (Amphilophus citrinellum) or Red Devil (Amphilophus labiatum). A lot of these threads have pics of juvenile or sub adult fish. Trying to determine the identity of an adult fish is difficult enough, but these fish as juveniles look very similar to one another.

Here's the problem with these questions. It is impossible to simply eyeball a fully grown adult fish and determine 100% if it's A. labiatum or A. citrinellum. For far too many years, these two species have been crossed by breeders and...

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[newworld]

Ill try to take a pic of my labiatus from Zapatera…

 

[Roger Mcfish]

Exactly. Fine point here, my fish was sold as a red devil. I know for a fact it's unlikely due to not knowing the lineage. So what do I have, a common midevil for what it's considered.
Beautiful fish but I'll never know the history of it's background.