ID on baby Vieja

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Cichlidgirl91

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It was sold to me as a Black Belt Cichlid, but I can't seem to find any pics of them as juveniles. Is this a Black Belt? And if not, what is it? It's about an inch long and was black in the LFS.
Thanks for any help ya'll can give!

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looks like a black belt not sure at all though
 
side pics would be great to confirm, but from the pics i would say its a blackbelt also.
 
Update: I took him back to the Pet store. I decided to buy him yesterday and then do research on Black Belts (since I didn't know much about them) when I got home. Unfortunately, he gets a little too big for the tanks I have right now.
The thing that throws me off though, is that he doesn't look like the pictures provided above. He was REALLY dark with 3 or 4 vertical black stripes going halfway up his back half - almost like a juvie Severum.
If he does end up being something different than a black belt (and smaller) I might have to go back and get him...
 
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