This fish is a urophthalmus. No idea how it got there but that's what it is. And Mayan cichlids do have the eye dot. that's one of the distinguishing characteristics between urophthalmus and festae...uro's have a large eye spot centered in the base of the tail that covers almost that entire base whereas festae has a much smaller eye spot that is located on the upper portion of the tail base.Well....if it was wild caught and it wasn't released into the wild by a fish keeper....there is no way it can be a Myan cichlid as they are native to Central and South America. It also does not have that (eye,dot) on its tail.....I am stumped.
I know that myan cichlids have that eye dot. I am not ignorant when it comes to cichlids. I was not saying they didnt have the take take eye spot. I was only stating that the fish displayed in the picture did not have that eye dot which you would normally expect in a myan. And I know it is urophthalmus I just was going with the OPs story....he says it was wild caught. I just stated the obvious that It had to have been released by someone because the fish is not native to the area.And Mayan cichlids do have the eye dot. that's one of the distinguishing characteristics between urophthalmus and festae...
fair enough. your previous post was worded in such a way that it was easy to misinterpret. I never meant to imply that you were ignorant. I was simply correcting what I interpreted to be an incorrect statement.I know that myan cichlids have that eye dot. I am not ignorant when it comes to cichlids. I was not saying they didnt have the take take eye spot. I was only stating that the fish displayed in the picture did not have that eye dot which you would normally expect in a myan. And I know it is urophthalmus I just was going with the OPs story....he says it was wild caught. I just stated the obvious that It had to have been released by someone because the fish is not native to the area.
fair enough. your previous post was worded in such a way that it was easy to misinterpret. I never meant to imply that you were ignorant. I was simply correcting what I interpreted to be an incorrect statement.