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[Eric A]

I have. I've sarched thru cichlid compaion room and google pics, asked this question on multiple other forums and still I can't find it.

 

[Au Duong Phong]

It was a hybrid or a flowerhorn then.

 

[Eric A]

It was a hybrid or a flowerhorn then.

It deffo wasn't a flowerhorn or hybrid. I think the name started with B if that helps, the common name (which there is tons)

 

[jgentry]

Have you looked through all the veji species. That's about all from CA that have green and red like you mentioned. I would guess black belt or Bifi, but without a picture of what you are talking about it's really hard to say.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/category.php?cat=46

 

[Eric A]

V synspillum is close but too high backed, even at eight inches.

This fish had little to no nuchal hump.

 

[oscarcrazy]

Draw it...

 

[lucy42083]

My guess is a black belt, but assuming you looked at the vieja maculicauda on the cichlid forum link above, I guess that wasn't it.

 

[dominicolas]

V synspillum is close but too high backed, even at eight inches.

This fish had little to no nuchal hump.

"High Backness" and the hump are very variable. Most pictures on a database will be of the fish at it's prime, so maybe consider that the fish were just skinny and no hump because they have been moving around from tank to tank. Also, how could you possibly know it wasn't a hybrid. It sounds like a mutt or a very very low grade flowerhorn.

 

[Modest_Man]

I'm gonna say Petenia splendida green form. Called bay snook.

 

[FSM]

did it have a big giant mouth?

maybe a bay snook?