I need a positive ID please

[darth pike]

With that tail pattern, I'd lean towards Aequidens over a chocolate.

 

[peathenster]

could it be an Aequidens metae?

 

[darth pike]

Actually, I believe it's a Laetacara thayeri ... when I clicked on the pics on the 22" monitor (was on the 13" laptop before) and enlarged them, it looks like the lateral line turns upwards after the midlateral spot and into the dorsal fin at an 45 degree angle. Which means either Laetacara thayeri or L. flavilabris. I'm leaning towards thayeri due to the red flush on the flanks.

 

[LouieV]

Actually, I believe it's a Laetacara thayeri ... when I clicked on the pics on the 22" monitor (was on the 13" laptop before) and enlarged them, it looks like the lateral line turns upwards after the midlateral spot and into the dorsal fin at an 45 degree angle. Which means either Laetacara thayeri or L. flavilabris. I'm leaning towards thayeri due to the red flush on the flanks.

I agree with spock ^..... jk!

was that a uaru in the second pic???

 

[flyin lizard]

My choc. when I first got it would go from looking similar to your pic to very dark almost black. The front of the face slopes like the choc. not as pointed as a green terror. Mine still had the greenish to rusty purple base color. I'm on the fence but leaning toward a green terror.

 

[Loves severums]

Actually, I believe it's a Laetacara thayeri ... when I clicked on the pics on the 22" monitor (was on the 13" laptop before) and enlarged them, it looks like the lateral line turns upwards after the midlateral spot and into the dorsal fin at an 45 degree angle. Which means either Laetacara thayeri or L. flavilabris. I'm leaning towards thayeri due to the red flush on the flanks.

 

[straitjacketstar]

That is a port acara. Quite possibly C. bimaculatum.
Baby chocs, even 2"ers have at least some ruddy hue and any Laetacara sp. should show at least a hint of facial markings. The blatantly obvious tailspot is not a Laetacara sp. characteristic, no matter how stressed or unsettled.

 

[Modest_Man]

That is a port acara. Quite possibly C. bimaculatum.
Baby chocs, even 2"ers have at least some ruddy hue and any Laetacara sp. should show at least a hint of facial markings. The blatantly obvious tailspot is not a Laetacara sp. characteristic, no matter how stressed or unsettled.

I concur.

 

[darth pike]

That is a port acara. Quite possibly C. bimaculatum.
Baby chocs, even 2"ers have at least some ruddy hue and any Laetacara sp. should show at least a hint of facial markings. The blatantly obvious tailspot is not a Laetacara sp. characteristic, no matter how stressed or unsettled.

Ugh. This is why I hate ID'ing ... I tend to see one stand out thing and focus on it, kind of ignoring everything else. You are right about having a facial pattern at that size if it were a Laetacara and the caudal spot. But I've never seen a port with a downward extension of that caudal spot before either.

 

[straitjacketstar]

Ugh. This is why I hate ID'ing ... I tend to see one stand out thing and focus on it, kind of ignoring everything else. You are right about having a facial pattern at that size if it were a Laetacara and the caudal spot. But I've never seen a port with a downward extension of that caudal spot before either.

I have but it's not a common observation. The extended portion will separate or disappear altogether.

http://www.akwarium.host.sk/ryby_foto/pielegnicowate/cichlasoma_bimaculatum.jpg
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/XIMAGESERVERX/2005/20051102113255.jpg