Giving a Texas one more shot!

[south coast nelly]

great,love it when you find bargains,i only paid four pounds for my vieja

 

[geobal]

great looking carpinte. looks like a female to me also

 

[balton777]

What a great deal on a good looking fish. He could have got more for it.

 

[twhittle]

Thank you all. I was guessing as much, but I have never seen a carpinte with red before.

 

[rED O]

very nice looking texas cichlid, how big is he?

 

[balton777]

^^^
7"

See first post.

I have trouble keeping these buggers alive for some reason, so I had given up on them. That is until I saw this 7 inch beauty in my LFS for only $10!

 

[armac]

Do you still have your crapinte/cyano hybrid?

me?

 

[mbunafishkeeper]

carpinte escondido male.

a STEAL $10!!!! omg w epay equvilent to $15 dollars for a 2" over here.

 

[twhittle]

carpinte escondido male.

a STEAL $10!!!! omg w epay equvilent to $15 dollars for a 2" over here.

So I have 2 votes for female and 1 for a male. How can I tell?

 

[xEchOx]

The people are seeing or not seeing a black spot in the dorsal fin. Females will typically have it, and males will not. Though I have heard of the spot fading in and out.

Certainly not an Escondido, but the true i.d. of the fish has me puzzled. The spots of the fish are large and irregular hinting 'Carpintis', but the hue and color (I see mostly blue color in the pictures) of the fish say 'Cyanoguttatus'. I cannot see the pic clearly enough to determine if there are any facial worm-like markings which would indicate Carpintis again... Of course there is a chance the fish is a cross between the two.