Guess who finally got a hoga

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And hoga and barred midas all look alike to me. I can't tell them apart so you're not the only one

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I am a firm believer in empiric knowledge and have no doubt that you, Emily, can distinguish between yhem all.

I just would like to have a guide for someone who ssteps over a barred one, live, every ten years or so...

This is not 'Merica! :)
 
Nice fin trailors on the new hogas, they look like very nice specimens.

That's one thing that I noticed in particular about this species of fish. Even in the wild they had impressive trailers on their fins.

Not sure where you acquired the Hogaboomorum (incidentally, the fish was not named after one guy, but two brothers named Hogaboom...thus the plural "um" instead of singular "us" at the end), but they could very well have originated from my wild pair brought back several years ago. I have two breeding pair of the fish, and lots of sibling throughout the tanks. It's a very cool fish..and it's found only in the Rio Cholteca in Honduras. Closest species to this fish is the Citrinellum. They share may of the same traits. The biggest male I have is around 13" with a much smaller female. When they hit about 5-6" you will easily be able to distinguish male from female by the color. Females will get a deeper orange (sometimes rose) blush...males a dark cream...some variation when they breed. Both keep their bars. Here's photos of the pair. Great fish. Enjoy.

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So, Mo, Hoogas are not a Citrinnellum subspecies?
 
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