Yeah, the lateral black line can come and go. Also, as PP and Scato and co. have explicated so well, there may be geographical color variants of various types anyway....typing a fish like the various crens seems an imperfect science at this point.
Yes, it is in the Saxatilis group.sauroid;1305617; said:so does the frenata belong to the saxatilis complex?
actually looks like a male Crenicichla tigrina!! GREAT PICK UP!!