I.D. This baby for me

[Fish on Fire]

I just bought this guy for $10 from a lps, he was marked as a JD?

Anyways, I think he's some kind of vieja, either that or he's a hybrid. Here are the cruddy shots.

Oh yeah, he's 3.5".

In bag and really stressed:

This is him about 30 seconds after being released into the tank:

Uh oh, intruding on the jag's little hidey hole.

Anyways, help me id it please as I have never owned any vieja before and can't tell the difference really. Wow, last pic has glare, really bad glare. XP

 

[killerfish]

yes some type of vieja sorry i'm bad with them not sure what type but someone here will know

 

[Fish on Fire]

Anyone? It has a yellowish sheen to its body and pinkish fins.

 

[Modest_Man]

Could be any of many Paratheraps/Vieja type. Probably one of the more common ones, like synspilium. You're going to need to grow it out a bit before we can say for sure.

 

[pdbrady]

With one guess I'd say synspilum, but as it grows, it could very well be a bifasciatum. If you can get better pics of it settled in, that would help. Even still, it may be difficult to tell at that size.

edit: Modest beat me to it...

 

[thefishguy7]

I too was thinking synspilum or bifasciatum. Wait until it grows and calms down more...

 

[mbunafishkeeper]

id say vieja zonatum

 

[xEchOx]

Good lookin little fella. Could be a bifa, or maybe a hartwegi? Not sure.

 

[Fish on Fire]

Thanks for the input guys, I guess we'll see when this baby puts on some weight.

 

[klmt]

id say umbee no jk i have no idea