Fish ID
- Thread starter JasonsPlecosCichlids
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So both are Mayans, but both look totally different, why? Location points? Wild vs tank raised? etc?
To me, looks like two different fish. Neither look the same. All the ones I caught in FL look like the big one I posted which is in my tank. The other one is from a FB post which at first thought was a hybrid but I have seen some more around on the net. Even the smaller ones I caught looked nothing like this, nor the color, the body and all the ones I've seen in the fish stores, etc. IDK, something just doesn't add up to my eyes.
There are many location point versions of xC uropthalmus, and some scientists are considering breaking them up into separate species, some have already been renamed. If you go to the "cichlid room companion" there are articles available.
Some uros from (for example) Progresso in the northern part of the Yucatan, will be very different in appearance than those in Cenote Azul on the more southern Caribbean coast, or the ones that live in total salt water around Isla de Mujeras. Being sequestered in a certain cenote may allow certain characteristics be bred into that group and predominate, just as line breeding does in aquaria.
There are JDs that are separated by the topography, and being considered for separate species status in the same area. I believe one has already been separated called octal.
As to the Florida group, these are probably a combination of any, or all location variants that have either escaped fishfarms, or been let go by careless aquarists, and and bred together returning to a homogeneous form of uropthalmus.
The ones in the video bepow, are from Cenote Azul, just south of Cancun
I found the ones below, in a ditch just north of the Everglades.
Some uros from (for example) Progresso in the northern part of the Yucatan, will be very different in appearance than those in Cenote Azul on the more southern Caribbean coast, or the ones that live in total salt water around Isla de Mujeras. Being sequestered in a certain cenote may allow certain characteristics be bred into that group and predominate, just as line breeding does in aquaria.
There are JDs that are separated by the topography, and being considered for separate species status in the same area. I believe one has already been separated called octal.
As to the Florida group, these are probably a combination of any, or all location variants that have either escaped fishfarms, or been let go by careless aquarists, and and bred together returning to a homogeneous form of uropthalmus.
The ones in the video bepow, are from Cenote Azul, just south of Cancun
That makes sense. I didn't say it but my next post was going to be about possible location point. I'm thinking these will be renamed in the future or something like how Geo's are, is that a good assumption? Or maybe a better species is better to assume it will be like?