Heaviest Jaguar Cichlid

[thorzep]

i would think there was a bigger one

 

[screaminleeman]

Jaguar cichlids are smaller then bluegils or crappie? HAHAHA! This has got to be the most overated brusier eva! Bluegils and crappie are freakin' feeder fish on the lower end of the food chain in cold freshwater environment.

Poor tinyweeny (what is the term?) Guapotes?

I would think that the world record rosey red minnow may exceed 4 pounds for cripes sake. Doggone I have been keeping indoor aquirium for just over a year, so I can't claim the "world record" jaguar cichlid. I am utterly shocked that someone (or many, many) here on MFK does not have the WORLD RECORD JAGUAR CICHLID in their home aquaria! Comon guys, weigh your Jags and post pictures with weights to see if that 3+ pounds is a misprint! Like if a 8 got cut in half vertically along the left edge it would appear as a 3, or it could be missing a leading digit: Like it could be 13, 23, 33 ... pounds!

Here are pictures of Bluegill and Crappie that utterly dwarf and would likely devour the "guapote"!

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[elting44]

Yeah I have to think there is a speciemen out there that is 4+ lbs easy,

 

[screaminleeman]

My bad. The pics didn't work the first time. Bad reference though. Those aren't shaped anything like a jag. Some type of grouper would be a better reference.

Grouper? You must be kidding right? They are up to like 100 pounds!

Lets try a blue tilapia cichlid as extremely similat size and shape. The (Not world) but FLORIDA record for a Blue Tilapia was 21 inches (0.5 inches shorter then the world record Jaguar.

The Tilapia weighed OVER 10 pounds!!!

Link:
http://myfwc.com/WILDLIFEHABITATs/Nonnative_FW_BlueTilapia.htm

 

[elting44]

GreenTerra has a monster Jag, and does Mo still have Jumbo? I bet they are close to 3 lbs 7 oz

 

[TheCanuck]

There has to be 3 plus. Here is mine, he was an LFS rescue, i have beefed him up really well. This was a little while ago. He has a female that they spawn every month that is 12 inches.

 

[EVAN YUNCK]

There has to be 3 plus. Here is mine, he was an LFS rescue, i have beefed him up really well. This was a little while ago. He has a female that they spawn every month that is 12 inches.

12" PROB. AROUND 1.5 LBS. PEOPLE WAY OVER ESTAMATE THE WEIGHT OF FISH

 

[elting44]

12" PROB. AROUND 1.5 LBS. PEOPLE WAY OVER ESTAMATE THE WEIGHT OF FISH

He is not saying that his fish weights 3+ lbs, he is saying they are out there. He was simply showing the mass of his 12" Jag.

Cap lock hurts my eyes.

 

[TheCanuck]

He is only 2 years old....

 

[Jason_S]

Midas cichlid max length=24.4 cm or 9.6"

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=4786&genusname=Amphilophus&speciesname=citrinellus

Amphilophus chancho max length=24.2 cm or 9.5"

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=63710&genusname=Amphilophus&speciesname=chancho

Amphilophus amarillo max length=15.5 cm = 6.1 in

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=61773&genusname=Amphilophus&speciesname=amarillo

Amphilophus xiloaensis max length = 16 cm = 6.3 in

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=61775&genusname=Amphilophus&speciesname=xiloaensis

Maybe it's just red devil types...

exCichlasoma festae (sic) max length 25 cm = 9.8 in

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=12308&genusname=Cichlasoma&speciesname=festae

well I could go on but now fishbase is having issues...too many connections or something lol. Anyway, point being...when it comes to the max length/size field on fishbase...take it with a tablespoon of salt.