help needed to id this fish

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Yafar Perez

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Jul 29, 2012
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please i need help to id this fish i guess it could be an autraloheros facetum but im not quite sure, i want to id so i can choose a mate and a female for breeding as you can see it changes color depending on it's mood the stripes come and go depending on his mood and it has a green olive color on the body thanks in advance
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does tilapia tolerate low temp? because the water temp on winter was 40° and he seemed fine and as far as i know tilapias wont survive cold temps
 
Definitely an Oreochromis IMO. There's a couple of species of invasive tilapia here in FL and they can survive short cold snaps
 
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