Hey Cichla experts...what is this??

[jcardona1]

I'm stumped. Only thing I know is that it came out of the Macagua dam, in Guyana.

ideas?

 

[superleggera123]

wow first thought is orino/tem
or maybe a new orino variant

 

[FunWow!]

Thought the same thing...very interesting

 

[MFM]

looks like a orino/temensis

It has the spotting, the solid bar, and the cheek markings of a tem, and the vertical bars of an orino...

It looks legit though

 

[jcardona1]

naturally-occurring hybrids??? everybody said that's impossible. if a fish doesnt match the currently ID'd species, is it a hybrid? or a new species?

 

[superleggera123]

my vote is hybrid!
clearly boasts patterns from both fish and body shape

 

[scriving]

wow those are dope

 

[Ozkar]

Looks just like my juvie Orinos from Jeff Rapps... including the spangling. I think its a young orinocensis; the spangling may go away as it matures.

 

[jcardona1]

Looks just like my juvie Orinos from Jeff Rapps... including the spangling. I think its a young orinocensis; the spangling may go away as it matures.

thing is...look at the cheek markings. only fish that shows intense cheek markings like that is a temensis, not orino

 

[MFM]

It was introduced there I am guessing, so maybe that is why.