ID please

[bgcoop8784]

i think it may be some type of port cichlid, but would love an id.. bad pic but he's skiddish, just got him in a tank, will try to get a better one tomorrow, rescue fish was free and was gonna be flushed by the guy down the street because renters left him in a rubbermaid container with 3 dead fish, and my last rescue for a while.

 

[darth pike]

Yup, appears to be one of the port cichlids ... southern clade I would guess. Would need better pics, but given the color in the pic I'd lean towards Cichlasoma dimerus. That is subject to change with better pics though. *lol*

 

[woofy]

black acara me thinks

 

[bgcoop8784]

Cichlasoma dimerus was what i was thinking also, now i'm pretty much 100% sure, i'll still post another pic whenever he decides to come back out, lol.

 

[bgcoop8784]

differen't fins than the black acara, and the head is a lil more blunt, but the pic was really bad.

 

[darth pike]

Plus black ports, Cichlasoma bimaculatum, have alot less reflective scales along their body compared to the southern species.

 

[bgcoop8784]

ok here's the best i can do right now, he'll prolly hide a lot for the first couple days.

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

Looks like port cichlid one of the lfs here is selling. Too bad that lfs is 25 miles away or I would go and take a few pix for id as well lol.

 

[darth pike]

Sadly port cichlids are one of the hardest genus to ID, the buggers. *l*

BGCoop8784 - If you can count the number of hard rays in the anal fin, it might help narrow it down. I can't tell by the pic, there will be either 3 or 4.