I don't know what kind of Cichla this is? Can some one please help me identify what it is? Got this from my friend. Does this fish have some type of value as the other nice ones on here? It's about 17-18 inches long I'd say...
help me ID this bass?!? PIC INSIDE
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Depends because if you got it from Florida it's most likly a Florida Hybrid.
But if not, it looks like a mono.
But if not, it looks like a mono.
it's on hawaii. sorry I'm quite new to fishes but what is a mono? Is that a short scientific name? Is a "mono" worth anything, I mean if you had to pay for one of this size?
He's huge though... the dad wants to eat fry him!!! WTF?!?!?! Just wanted to know what I got my hands on if he ever does when I'm out of the house....
lukanani...Cichla Ocellaris
The Peacock Cichlid, also called the Peacock Bass, Butterfly Peacock Bass, or Eye Spot Cichlid, was described by Block and Scneider in 1801. They are found in South America in almost all the large waterways of Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia; from the Marowijne drainage, Suriname and French Guiana all the way to the Essequibo drainage in Guyana. They live in large bodies of water where they feed on small fish, especially threadfin shad, mosquito fish, tilapia and bluegill.
These fish are also raised in ponds as a food fish. They have been introduced (non-native) into waters of Florida and Hawaii in the United States, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Malaysia, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Singapore. Their legal introduction as a gaming fish into modified canals and lakes in southern Florida has been quite beneficial, increasing the numbers of the Largemouth Bass and Redear Sunfish for gaming. However their introduction into Lake Gutan in Panama produced undesirable results, drastically changing the composition of fish populations in that canal.
The Peacock Cichlid, also called the Peacock Bass, Butterfly Peacock Bass, or Eye Spot Cichlid, was described by Block and Scneider in 1801. They are found in South America in almost all the large waterways of Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia; from the Marowijne drainage, Suriname and French Guiana all the way to the Essequibo drainage in Guyana. They live in large bodies of water where they feed on small fish, especially threadfin shad, mosquito fish, tilapia and bluegill.
These fish are also raised in ponds as a food fish. They have been introduced (non-native) into waters of Florida and Hawaii in the United States, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Malaysia, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Singapore. Their legal introduction as a gaming fish into modified canals and lakes in southern Florida has been quite beneficial, increasing the numbers of the Largemouth Bass and Redear Sunfish for gaming. However their introduction into Lake Gutan in Panama produced undesirable results, drastically changing the composition of fish populations in that canal.
nothing rare...looks good tho! tell your dad to just go buy some poke and leave the fish alone...hahahaha! if you keep searching this section you can find all the different types of peacock bass here. Man, i miss fishing for tucs in hawaii!