Female trimac

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I ordered a female trimac online and just got her in the mail. She is stressed and starved but the body shape and vertical bars seem odd to me? Is it just me or does she look like the wrong fish for reference you can see my male trimac on the L side of the divider20200305_122510.jpg

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I would tend to agree with HybridFinatic, looks more like a uropthalmus than a trimac.
Here is a female trimac, first shot is spawning colors, the other two more average coloration.



Below with a male, getting ready to spawn.
 
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Yea, took him two weeks to the send the fish. I ordered a salvini and a female trimac. This is the only fish I received.... and he sent it priority mail not overnight like I requested so she was in a bag for 72hours..... very bad experience
 
I've heard good things about cichlids of America and they have rio sarabia trimacs in stock so I think I will order a few females through them. Definitely not going to breed my pure male with this one though.... I feel terrible, he was already nesting and coloring up from seeing her through the divider
 
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I've heard good things about cichlids of America and they have rio sarabia trimacs in stock so I think I will order a few females through them. Definitely not going to breed my pure male with this one though.... I feel terrible, he was already nesting and coloring up from seeing her through the divider

Where did you order from? I’d be pretty pissed. That Mayan is a male too. Definitely order from COA or TUIC, can’t go wrong.
 
The link to his website is https://www.justinsamazingcichlids.com it's been 3 days since recieving the fish and he has refused to respond to any communication attempts
So more then likely he is a scammer. If he sends the wrong fish, refuses any further contact/refunds and doesn't send one of the fish requested/bought he is more then likely a scammer. Granted I could always be wrong and he could reach out to you and refund everything, but I wouldn't hold out hope on that happening.
 
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I agree with Magnus above. Unfortunately scammers exist. On the good side you have a nice Mayan. The fish has potential, it’s just stressed being new and the Trimac.
 
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