ID YOUR CICHLA

[haynchinook334]

lol nope they are Pinima. close!!

What is the difference between the two at the small age?

 

[Rebel Souljah]

What is the difference between the two at the small age?

i dunno if this is true but what i have noticed is that pins tend to show off their bling at a much smaller size then tems.

 

[Tongue33]

Clearly Cichla Monoculus

 

[jonnie5]

pinima,cell phone pic srry

 

[silverdragon]

Clearly Cichla Monoculus

It's an awesome shot too bro, full national geographic material!

 

[Tongue33]

Yes thank you As you can see from tyhe obvious slope of the head and Apache helicopter body.. This is an obvious ID

I thought that at this size it would be hard to accomplish such an accurate ID.. But to my suprise i found it kinda easy

 

[orinocensis1]

What is the difference between the two at the small age?

Difference is the body shape and i noticed that most pinima get the speckles eairlier then tems

 

[channarox]

last pic is orino.
head shape tells me.
and the blue hue on the fins.

 

[channarox]

What is the difference between the two at the small age?

they get the spangling earlier.
ive also noticed that tems are more "skinny" looking than pinima.
pinima have slimmer stripes i think.

 

[channarox]

Clearly Cichla Monoculus

duh...its a mono.
the head shape and stripes give it away.