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[Jakob]

I went down to my lfs today and saw this 6" ca/sa cichlid i liked so i picked it up for 10$. The guy didnt know what species it was but he thought Amphilophus Alfari. This guy has long extended fins so it has to be male. I thought Umbee was closer.
Could you ID it for me.

 

[Casper2000]

Robertsoni?

 

[Jakob]

nope.

 

[Spaz]

Longimanus?

 

[Jakob]

I doupt that.

 

[Loves severums]

firemouth

 

[Spaz]

I searched the species profile and i think the LFS was right, Alfari.

 

[BobP]

Looks like Amphilophus alfari to me. Rhytisma has more black blotches near the dorsal and more blue facial markings and bussingi has black dots on the sides.

 

[Jakob]

Thanks, then Alfari it is.

 

[Jason_S]

yeah definitely an amphilophus/astatheros...not a thorichthys...also not robertsoni....after looking over pics on www.cichlidae.com I'd say it's probably between alfari, calobrensis or longimanus.