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darboy

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here's a fish that is somewhat a mystery to me. its about 7.5 inches, a friend got this from an importer saying its a wc cichla kelberi and paid a pretty hefty premium for it. when i saw it i was... hmmmm.... so im asking you guys, what is it? im just not sure...all i know is that it has really red eyes and really dark golden to green. all in all a very nice fish. the labelling is what confuses me.
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Im no expert but id say kelberi...Are those some spangles starting to appear on the anal and dorsal fins?
 
I know I might get blasted for this, as I'm no expert on Kelb, I don't own any Kelb, but I would say that looks a lot like a Ocell I have. Maybe a Kelb/ocell mutt? Just has too many Ocell traits to me IMO.
 
bassguy said:
I know I might get blasted for this, as I'm no expert on Kelb as I don't own any Kelb but I would say that looks alot like a Ocell I have. Maybe a Kelb/ocell mutt? Just has to many Ocell traits to me IMO.
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my old kelberi looked exactly like that..pure kelberi just a certain type

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It's not too often I would disagree with those two^^ as they know their stuff, but this one seems a little off to me.
 
That would be a kelberi. Collection point....unknown. But...what I'm tripping out about, is, that it lacks tail spangles. Tail spangles, the dorsal fin spangles, anal fin spangles then the pelvic to top it off. That's the order I'm use to seeing.
 
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