Most of my Devil babies look like that and color like that. The spotting and colors will morph and it will turn orange. I would be confident in saying a devil. It has the V shaped nose/mouth. There could very well be Midas in there considering all the cross breeding. But my guess is Devil.
ID? Amphilophus something or hybrid??
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It looks quite different to the other nine small midevils I have in the same tank (slightly smaller around 2.5", from this thread), especially with the pinkish colour under the gills. Its a bit bigger too (4") and doesn't look like its peeling at all, but I guess they can do it at any size.
Flowerhorn are Amphilophus based. Normally I would say if you buy it as a flowerhorn then it is one but even the lowest grade ones have the Trimaculatus flower spots with blue/gold trim.
He's looking a bit darker today, I think you might be onto something. Has anyone got some pics of sub-adult A. amarillo? All the ones I've found googling are of big old fish.
Amarillo? Maybe. I guess you could say it might be a Xiloaensis, or sagitae too. But because it came from a LFS, I am more inclined to think that it is Devil/Midas or a cross. It looks just like my Devil sub-adults.
As for the Flowerhorn comment. No, you are incorrect. There are definitely Flowerhorn strains out there that do not display the typical flowers on the side of the body.
As for the Flowerhorn comment. No, you are incorrect. There are definitely Flowerhorn strains out there that do not display the typical flowers on the side of the body.
