ID Peacock bass....

[I<3fish]

And I'm pretty sure the first fish posted is a fogo.

 

[Kolewolf]

First pic it looks like a Fogo, while second pic looks a little more like a Xingu II

 

[haynchinook334]

They appear on small tems, pinima, and azul as far as I have seen.

yep, any juvie cichla with a horizontal stripe across the bod

What about Intermedia? Or is Intermedia's the acceptation to the rule?

 

[MFM]

The fist picture is a miriane, which I guessed correctly at first...

 

[ado124]

What about Intermedia? Or is Intermedia's the acceptation to the rule?

Yeah, they seem to be the only exception i've seen so far.

woops, i was wrong. Just looked up riverwonder's intermedia and they too have a strip when young.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65311

So while it's true that juvie cichla with horizontal strip get this spangling, it's not necessarily true that they are a "big" cichla

 

[haynchinook334]

Yeah, they seem to be the only exception i've seen so far.

This is ( I think) the best guild. I'm going to try and find a hard copy of this,
But thanks ado, your pretty much right on the spangles on the upper part of the tail, in reference to the bigger cichla.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3638216/Cichla-spp

 

[haynchinook334]

The fist picture is a miriane, which I guessed correctly at first...

Will, I kinda think it's iffy. Doesn't fogo's have ocellated spots like a Orino?

But, you are really right when you guessed Ocell.

 

[haynchinook334]

Thanks to SpeshulEd for keeping me updated.

 

[ado124]

seems like he's losing his red.

 

[haynchinook334]

He is....