ID this Vieja for me!

[Psylant]

Does anyone have a suspicion of what this cichlid is? It was sold to me as a Synspilum but I don't believe it is. It's between 1.5"-2", all pictures are the same fish. Thanks for your input in advance.

 

[lyc]

definitely not Synspilum. look like fene to me

 

[Psylant]

Yeah, I don't think it is Synspilum either.

 

[Cenk]

It looks like my dream fish: Zonatus.
I have just ignored the third photo since it is a stress coloring and many fish look the same under stress.

 

[fishman09]

looks synispilum to me. give it a month and let it put on some size and i have a feeling itll color up to be a syn

 

[Psylant]

I wasn't sure if they stress bars would help or hinder in identification. I'm leaning towards guttalatum but I have no idea. Very tricky to ID at this size!

 

[Psylant]

Even though I bought it thinking it was a Synspilum, I kind of hope it's a Zonatus. It was a pretty sketchy place I got it from... I was fairly certain when I got it that it wasn't what they said it was, but I knew it was something Vieja-like.

 

[south15]

Melanarus?

 

[the animal guy]

For Sure it isnt a Zonatum.

First look at it I can call it's a Syn already.

If it aint a Syn, the only other one it could be is a Fenestratum. I throw that in because of the stress bars it got. Looks awkward for a Syn or maybe I've never seen one so scared.

 

[Psylant]

He wasn't a big fan of the camera. He scatters at light speed when someone tries to take his picture haha. He's very outgoing and never displays the stress bars otherwise.