ID of this temensis ??

[channarox]

that doesn't help me much.....

so since you mentioned about collecting site, them what's the different between from venezuela, columbia and brazil???

I will do some research tomorrow... it's 1 am here... still working this week.

not sure.
thats all i recall when i saw the pic on some website LOL.
i think venezualans have more spangles?
and keep them later than most of the others?
im just guessing....

 

[Cichlidgeek]

Ok, enough guessing please. The fish is one of the original ones bred and raised by Ron Looi in Asia. That stock is what many of the Asian-bred C. temensis originated from. The fish is one of the early grow outs. Ron and I spoke often in the 90's and he sent me photos of the original group from which that male and several females were a part of. They looked like normal temensis. There is no collection information available on that original stock. Many said it was from VZ, but some said it was from the Rio Negro, Brazil. No one knows for sure.
Hope that helped

Oh, and here is his site - http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/2730/
Oh, and here is the link to his baby shots - http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/2730/young_t.htm

Enjoy

 

[CichlaRyan]

james are you gonna do what i think your gonna do? ... !

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Looks like a male in breeding condition to me

 

[X-Tank]

Oh, and here is his site - http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/2730/
Oh, and here is the link to his baby shots - http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/2730/young_t.htm
Enjoy

Awesome Brian, thanks for that info. I was looking at temensis distribution the other day and thinking it occupies a sigficant area in SA and why there aren't a lot of variation seen.. or maybe I am just not searching hard enough.

james are you gonna do what i think your gonna do? ... !

....... temensis is my least favor cichla and coz that I never actaully tried to know about it. Just out of curiosity... want to read more.

 

[channarox]

Ok, enough guessing please. The fish is one of the original ones bred and raised by Ron Looi in Asia. That stock is what many of the Asian-bred C. temensis originated from. The fish is one of the early grow outs. Ron and I spoke often in the 90's and he sent me photos of the original group from which that male and several females were a part of. They looked like normal temensis. There is no collection information available on that original stock. Many said it was from VZ, but some said it was from the Rio Negro, Brazil. No one knows for sure.
Hope that helped

Oh, and here is his site - http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/2730/
Oh, and here is the link to his baby shots - http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/2730/young_t.htm

Enjoy

finally...thank you brian.

 

[channarox]

tems are awesome james!
great attitude.

 

[X-Tank]

Temensis??

 

[Cichlidgeek]

Nope. Probably C. piquiti (aka...golden zullie form.....look at those "a" bars and the spots)

 

[X-Tank]

Nope. Probably C. piquiti (aka...golden zullie form.....look at those "a" bars and the spots)

Those horizontal dot line throw me off.... according to those azul progression pictures posted, those horizontal dot lines usually disappear at that size.... I hate to ID these ambiguous individuals ,but would love to have some.

Do you have a 1800 hot line that I can call???

Let me see if I can come up some more challenging pictures.