That's where I'm confused . Midas are known to have a round face and RDs have the pointed ,arrow shaped mouths . But I have never seen a midas with a face like that either . He has a super strong bite I know that. When I put him in the tank my large albino oscar started attacking him so they locked lips and the Oscar's partial lip and face was immediately bitten off . They were separated immediately but I've never seen anything like It . The oscar is fine and on the mend .
Most LFS Amphilophines are a combination of A labiatus and A citrinellius (often called mid-evils), and are quite common in many aquariums. Because in the past, many aquarists thought they were actually the same species, and randomly hybridized them.
There are actually now at least a dozen recognized species in the complex that can all have the orange/pink/red color morphs beside dark striped and other color forms.
It also could be any one of those species, but the only way to truly tell is to know what the catch location is (particular lake).
They all come from a series of lakes in Nicaragua.
Beside the two mentioned above, there are Amphilophus
amarillo
astorquii
chancho
flaveolus
globosus
sagittal
species fat lip
supercilious
tolteca
xiloensus
zaliosus
I have kept at least 4
amarillo
flaveolus
and two others in the 80s before I had a camera, and those were the pink and yellow forms.
There is also a chance it was part of the blood parrot spawn/line, but reverted to the non-mutant form parrot keepers seem to prefer.
Thanks for the replies . Someone else actually suggested that it might have a bit of blood parrot in him/her . Any guesses on the sex ?Most LFS Amphilophines are a combination of A labiatus and A citrinellius (often called mid-evils), and are quite common in many aquariums. Because in the past, many aquarists thought they were actually the same species, and randomly hybridized them.
There are actually now at least a dozen recognized species in the complex that can all have the orange/pink/red color morphs beside dark striped and other color forms.
It also could be any one of those species, but the only way to truly tell is to know what the catch location is (particular lake).
They all come from a series of lakes in Nicaragua.
Beside the two mentioned above, there are Amphilophus
amarillo
astorquii
chancho
flaveolus
globosus
sagittal
species fat lip
supercilious
tolteca
xiloensus
zaliosus
I have kept at least 4
amarillo
flaveolus
and two others in the 80s before I had a camera, and those were the pink and yellow forms.
There is also a chance it was part of the blood parrot spawn/line, but reverted to the non-mutant form parrot keepers seem to prefer.
I dont want to take the fish out and vent it because I hear this is really stressful on the fish . And for some reason he/she is still really shy after 2 weeks of bringing him home and eats very little ( sorry a little off topic sort of ) but when I can sneak up on the tank when its swimming around the tank I can get a look underneath and I see a vent and anus that's roughly the same size and a little protruding tube that angled towards the back and from what I can tell thats a sign of a male no? Sorry my MFK name was made a year ago and as you can see its still not far from the truth .
Sorry I forgot to mention that my Devil is about 7" long and the protruding tube near the anus is somewhat pointy .
