I Need A Cichlid (I think?) Identified !

[JesseJamez]

Just purchased this fish and would like to know about it, thanks. Any tips for keeping would be great. He is in a 160 gallon aquarium.

 

[1xalpha]

Idk what cichlid but nice buy. looks awsome

 

[JesseJamez]

He's huge, even scares my LM bass.

 

[jray33]

That looks like some South american cichlid cross/Flowerhorn. Usually very aggressive

 

[brich999]

Flower horn. Hope he's not with anyone else

 

[JK47]

Flower horn. Hope he's not with anyone else

I agree. The closest I would say it would get to an ID of a cichlid would be an Amphilophus trimaculatus which this fish is not, it is a flowerhorn.

 

[JesseJamez]

Flowerhorn is not a cichlid? He's been pretty nice to the tank mates. Thanks for the information.

 

[Aquatic Aggression]

He does look like a fader flowerhorn which is a complex hybrid. Post an id request in the hybrid section maybe.

 

[JK47]

Flowerhorn is not a cichlid? He's been pretty nice to the tank mates. Thanks for the information.

By defination not a cichlid found in the wild so it is not a species with a scientific name, therefore the common name "flowhorn". There are many mysteries surrounding the origin of the fish as they have been mixed with many different species over the years so it's impossible to say what one is mixed with compared to the next. What I can tell you is that the fish in question is a hybrid of two or more (likely more) species and often times trimacs, the species I mentioned above is part of that mix. I am not as familiar with the flowerhorn varients so if you would like I can have this moved to that secion for a better ID of which type of flowerhorn you have? Just let me know and I'm happy to help

 

[JesseJamez]

Move it, thank you for the assistance.