ID Please

[Ria]

I was just givin this guy, the guy who gave him to me had no idea what he is. I keep africans and I honestly know nothing about south americans, but I'm pretty sure he's a south american cichlid.
Sorry about the bad pics.

Also if anyone can possiably tell the sex from this pic please let me know.

Thanks

 

[haynchinook334]

Looks like a Short body JD or a stunted JD OR a JDx something. But JD something.

 

[Ria]

Here are a few more pics. Hope they help.
Thanks

 

[tk750s]

looks good. Kinda looks like it could be a JD x Midas cross. What is the size?

 

[Ria]

He's about 6 inchs total, including tail.

 

[Modest_Man]

That is a crazy salvini. Or a salvini X jack dempsey cross. I think it's just a crazy sal...

 

[toomanyfishes]

Definately a hybrid, I have many of these or ones that look very similiar.
Mine are the result of a cross between a Carpintis and a hybrid midas.
The male or papa is carpintis (see avatar pic) and could very well be a mix also. The female was (now deceased) a hybrid who started out looking like a red terror, morphed into a piebald looking midas and eventually lost just about all her bars and black splotches until she looked like a very ugly redish pinkish fish who was horny and mean as hell at all times. Someones dream wife perhaps .
I believe these and others like them are just rejects from the Super Red Texas breeders out there.
Disclaimer - I am not a super red texas breeder or a wanna be super red texas breeder. I just happened to have 2 fish in the same tank that started spawning and i just didn't have the heart to destroy all the offspring - even though many were used as feeders for my other CA/SA cichlid collection.

 

[toomanyfishes]

I think you may be right, modest man. Sal,vini dempsey, perhaps a bit o'convict.

 

[Reiner]

I think it's just a male Salvini that needs to go on a diet.

 

[ohhsweetness]

rivulatus & jd
i recon has a rivulatus tail and jd colouring...