Ok sooo... I bought this fish labelled as a Geophagus Surinamensis. He is around 4''. I was paying particular attention to the olive green patternation, the black eye stripe, the colourful pectoral and anal fins, they have gorgeous red - orange colours with blue outlining on the pectoral and tiny blue spots on the anal fin. I was also looking at the black front of the dorsal fin. The black spot in the middle, surrounded by lots of small pearlescent dots in almost perfect rows. The tail fin also has these little blue spots, as they are in the anal fin. I hope this fish can be identified. Thanks!
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I have already had mixed reports on what this fish is. I have been told it is an Acarichthys heckelii, a geophagus taeniopareius and I considered that it may be a hybrid, but after researching the breeding of these fish I have realised it is not easy and highly unlikely it is a hybrid.
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I was also thinking this may be an extremely rare specie or a new species
I guess these are wrong...Thanks guys!!!!
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I have already had mixed reports on what this fish is. I have been told it is an Acarichthys heckelii, a geophagus taeniopareius and I considered that it may be a hybrid, but after researching the breeding of these fish I have realised it is not easy and highly unlikely it is a hybrid.
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I was also thinking this may be an extremely rare specie or a new species
I guess these are wrong...Thanks guys!!!!
Its annoying...lol
Thanks for all the help.