Green texas or hybrid?

[fishaddict]

First of all, let me say that your texas is beautiful man.

Second of all, I have one that looks exactly like yours and about the same size. I got it from the local lfs when less than an inch long. I know for a fact that it isn’t a red texas as someone earlier stated because I’ve seen the parents.

I think that our fish are a mix between a regular (cyanoguttatum) which looks like the picture that carolinafishkeeper posted, and a green texas (carpintis) which looks like the picture that Fishluvr12 posted.

The reason I believe this is because the regular texas cichlid have almost perfectly spaced round dot types spots and are more of a white/gold color with hardly any orange or red. The green texas has randomly spaced and randomly shaped spots that are quite larger than the regular texas and they have more red, orange, and blue/green coloring.

The texas that you and I have shows a spotting and coloring pattern of the green texas, but the spots are not quite as large as most of the pictures I have seen of the green texas. I think that there are as many mixes of texas cichlids as there are of true cyanoguttatum or carpintis.

I think that makes the most sense out of all the post on this thread. Any pics of your fish.

 

[fishaddict]

Thanks for all the responses. but a lot of you guys don't explained the reason why you think the fish is what you think it is. It would be nice to show your knowledge. I see a lot threads about these two fish being mistaken or with the same questions that I have.

 

[dustabusta]

I think that makes the most sense out of all the post on this thread. Any pics of your fish.

Glad I could Help. I am trying to find a camera to get some pics of all my fish. If I do you'll be the first to see a pic of my texas.

 

[fishaddict]

Glad I could Help. I am trying to find a camera to get some pics of all my fish. If I do you'll be the first to see a pic of my texas.

Thanks!

 

[Nighthawk]

Well one thing is for certain...it's bad ass.

 

[fishaddict]

Just wanted to let you guys know that I purchased a smaller Texas Cichlid about 3.75" and it looks just like my big one.

 

[lekky]

Looks like a carpintis/ green texas to me. This is mine at 7" which was sold as a carpintis. It also has a red tinge to the dorsal fin although you cant see it in the pics.

 

[fishaddict]

Looks like a carpintis/ green texas to me. This is mine at 7" which was sold as a carpintis. It also has a red tinge to the dorsal fin although you cant see it in the pics.

That's def a green texas cichlid. your fish has more of a green body. nice one!

 

[kaijutoho]

Very impressive looking cichlid, however it doesn't look like a pure Carpinte to me.

I saw a few almost exactly like yours at the LFS a while back.... They were labled as Texas Cichlids too.

 

[lilmixedboy]

looks like a jd sorta