FS: Geophagus Surinamensis 4.5-5"

[polomax24]

VEry tru, theyre closer to the Surinamensis i ordered from a store, but i still got some nice ones.Im sure they all will vary abit depending on there collection site.

Do you any pictures of your true surinamensis? I would love to see pictures of yours.

polomax

 

[Nic]

the size im lookin for good luck with your sale bump for ya

 

[AquataHolic420]

Do you any pictures of your true surinamensis? I would love to see pictures of yours.

polomax

Im at school and i forgot to take pics, ill snap some good ones this w/e. You should be happy. On the web Surinamensis vary, whether this is due to their collection site or people not ID'ing correctly i do not know. But im convinced mine are LEGIT! Any one else with a Surinamensis, POST IT!! thanks

 

[rkc772]

here is a better picture...

 

[AquataHolic420]

I could be crazy, but that looks like a crossbred fish. It looks like the Surinamensis pectoral fins, and DEF the tail looks Surinamensis with those spots.
However the head seems very elongated and looks like it has some satanaperca in it.

Like i said i could be 100% wrong but they look like a very nice cross breed.
Either way, those are magnificent looking fish. Ill post mine for you monday, they are only like 3" or so.

Thanks for the pictures!

Josh

 

[AquataHolic420]

Tru Surinamensis... forehead not that elongated. my own .02$
Photo courtesy of tropicalfishisle.com

 

[polomax24]

Here is the link to a picture of a true surinamensis.
http://www.cichlidae.be/c_geophagus_surinamensis.htm
You can see stripes in the rail rather the blotches.

 

[polomax24]

You can see stripes in the rail rather the blotches.

I mean tail not rail.

Where is the edit option on this forum?

 

[rkc772]

Tru Surinamensis... forehead not that elongated. my own .02$
Photo courtesy of tropicalfishisle.com

The picture that i posted looked elongated because my 60 gal tank has a curve on the edge and the geophagus was there. As you can see, the effect of a curve tank makes the face of the fish elongated. I did not stretch the face

 

[AquataHolic420]

Here is the link to a picture of a true surinamensis.
http://www.cichlidae.be/c_geophagus_surinamensis.htm
You can see stripes in the rail rather the blotches.

I still believe the fish can vary by where they were originally collected. But yea that looks like a good specimen.



And yea the curve made an illusion. Nice fish.