Good websites for cichla variants?

[jcardona1]

Hey fellas,

Anybody have some good links that show the different varieties of cichla species? like all the different color variations of Orino, mono, etc and what areas they come from?

i always here things like venezuelan, columbian, tapajos, xingu XXIVLVMD etc and i never know what they talking about!

tried to find stuff online but i dont get any good links. so how do you guys find out what each variant looks like?

thx!

 

[haynchinook334]

http://www.worlddiscus.com/cichla/specific.html

this is the only one i got. I find all the info on here.

 

[jcardona1]

http://www.worlddiscus.com/cichla/specific.html

this is the only one i got. I find all the info on here.

thx man! i actually just saw that link earlier today, lots of good stuff. so id have to google the name of the river to see what country its in?

for example, theres an orino on there from the "Atabapo (Orinoco)". thats a venezuelan right?

which one would be the columbian? everything i check on google maps points to venezula...

 

[jcardona1]

Found this interactive map, not sure if you guys have seen. just hold your mouse over the name of the river and it shows you where its at!!! this is great, helps us noobs

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/so_am_map.php





also found this little map, some of the major rivers:

 

[silverdragon]

Thats a good map.. interesting.. yeh i usually refer to the worlddiscus.com/cichla link too.. there are others aswell just cant think off at the moment..

 

[High City Rida]

Ahhhh Jcardona1 I see your on the study up vibe of cichla keeping. Check all post by R1, Tongue, bOOsten, Mjunior, Scatacephlous, and of course Diesal Mack. You should have at least three days of reading and great information in all of the thread's they have all started or contributed to.

 

[Scatocephalus]

thx man! i actually just saw that link earlier today, lots of good stuff. so id have to google the name of the river to see what country its in?

for example, theres an orino on there from the "Atabapo (Orinoco)". thats a venezuelan right?

which one would be the columbian? everything i check on google maps points to venezula...

I believe that the Atabapo ties the Orinoco into the Rio Negro. It is located mostly in Venezuela.

One thing to remember when given a collection point for a fish. Sometimes they do not tell you where the fish was actually collected but rather the site where the fish were taken and sold to the shippers. For example, Belem, Brazil sells a lot of fish around the globe. You'll see a Geophagus as listed from Belem. That does not mean it was captured in Belem, just that Belem is where the fish was shipped from. Many fish listed as coming from Columbia actually originate in Venezuela. They are just shipped to you from Columbia.

It's frustrating but I have seen improvement in recent years. Hobbyists are becoming more sophisticated and demanding the correct info. Collectors and shippers are starting to pay more attention to this detail.

 

[jcardona1]

Ahhhh Jcardona1 I see your on the study up vibe of cichla keeping. Check all post by R1, Tongue, bOOsten, Mjunior, Scatacephlous, and of course Diesal Mack. You should have at least three days of reading and great information in all of the thread's they have all started or contributed to.

lol yeah man trying to learn as much as i can. 3 days? damn i better get to reading! thx

I believe that the Atabapo ties the Orinoco into the Rio Negro. It is located mostly in Venezuela.

One thing to remember when given a collection point for a fish. Sometimes they do not tell you where the fish was actually collected but rather the site where the fish were taken and sold to the shippers. For example, Belem, Brazil sells a lot of fish around the globe. You'll see a Geophagus as listed from Belem. That does not mean it was captured in Belem, just that Belem is where the fish was shipped from. Many fish listed as coming from Columbia actually originate in Venezuela. They are just shipped to you from Columbia.

It's frustrating but I have seen improvement in recent years. Hobbyists are becoming more sophisticated and demanding the correct info. Collectors and shippers are starting to pay more attention to this detail.

thanks a lot man, thats some great info do you have any other good sources for pics of cichla variants, other than the worlddiscus site?

thx

 

[channarox]

i usually learn by reading from the pros.
and i use world discus as well.