Hey Cichla experts...what is this??

[haynchinook334]

Looks like a smaller version of this one.

This is a Orino from Paraguay river. Different location.

 

[Ozkar]

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

I just went and double checked. My orinos have that exact same cheek marking too.

 

[jcardona1]

Looks like a smaller version of this one.

This is a Orino from Paraguay river. Different location.

hmm...i dont know that i'd even call that an orino. looks more like a variation of Temensis than anything. other thing, Orinos only come out of colombia and venezuela via the Orinoco and its tributaries OR from Brazil via the Rio Negro and its tributaries

 

[jcardona1]

I just went and double checked. My orinos have that exact same cheek marking too.

got any pics? ive yet to see any orinos with cheek markings like that. one thing to note, is that the cheek markings on orinos seem to get smaller as they grow, and Tem's markings become bigger. many orinos even end up losing the cheek markings completely that they showed at a young age.

 

[haynchinook334]

hmm...i dont know that i'd even call that an orino. looks more like a variation of Temensis than anything. other thing, Orinos only come out of colombia and venezuela via the Orinoco and its tributaries OR from Brazil via the Rio Negro and its tributaries

Rio Caroni, Rio Cuyuni, Also reported catching oriono's as well or I'm reading it ass backwards.

 

[HULON]

Definatly not the Expert but i think just temensis with shorter bars and more green another varient ...

 

[jcardona1]

Rio Caroni, Rio Cuyuni, Also reported catching oriono's as well or I'm reading it ass backwards.

rio caroni comes directly out of the orinoco. Cuyuni is in venezuela, but doesnt appear to be connected to the orinoco. where did these river names come from?

 

[jcardona1]

Definatly not the Expert but i think just temensis with shorter bars and more green another varient ...

so what about the horizontal stripe that goes all the way to the tail, connecting the 3 markings? thats something you dont see in Temensis either

 

[haynchinook334]

rio caroni comes directly out of the orinoco. Cuyuni is in venezuela, but doesnt appear to be connected to the orinoco. where did these river names come from?

On the Orino page (I guess you can say that).

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3638216/Cichla-spp

 

[HULON]

so what about the horizontal stripe that goes all the way to the tail, connecting the 3 markings? thats something you dont see in Temensis either

I don't know about that did not Ramesh have one of his temensis with the horizontal running all the way through?And if you could get one in the hobby chances are it happens alot in the wild.