ID this vieja/ paratheraps

[flowerpower]

I know everyone hates to scream hybrid,......
HYBRID!!!!

But then, maybe my tiny phone doesn't let me see some details that would cause me to say otherwise. I'm looking for a black lateral stripe but I don't see one.

 

[darippa]

I bought two fish similiar to this at five inches a peice. Thought for sure they were Zonatum. It's been four months and their color has'nt swayed any more towards Zonatum. How long does it take for these fish to color up? I might have to mark mine as hybrid also.

 

[Maccoy]

I looked at this several times. I originally thought V. Maculicada. But I believe that it is a zonatum...and specifically female.

Agreed I really dont think BB

 

[Aquamojo]

I know everyone hates to scream hybrid,......
HYBRID!!!!

But then, maybe my tiny phone doesn't let me see some details that would cause me to say otherwise. I'm looking for a black lateral stripe but I don't see one.

Maculicade don't have to have a visible black mark. We brought back Maculicada collected in Rio Jutiapa in Honduras....none of which had the belt you would expect. There is a faint black coloration on this fish...and that's what threw me. Sticking with my original call...

 

[Amphilophus88]

I looked at this several times. I originally thought V. Maculicada. But I believe that it is a zonatum...and specifically female.

Just wondering.. what makes you think it is Zonatum and not Maculicauda?

 

[buddha1200]

I say black belt also,the more i look at the pics i think blackbelt more and more

 

[AquataHolic420]

Im no Vieja pro, but as soon as I saw the pic, I thought BB. then read, I may be right

 

[thaicoconut]

i don't think this is a blackbelt as zonatums have got shorter finnages like what it is in the pics