Is it a Blue Acara or GT

[Fry]

need a bigger pic...oops, i meant better. too blurry to tell but it doesn't look like either from this pic

 

[straitjacketstar]

That my friend is neither a gt or blue acara. nor an sp.

What you have is a black acara or black port, cichlasoma bimaculatum.

Shame it's not a true port, cichlasoma portalegrensis as they are a stunning fish.

Surprised it wasn't sold as a "port cichlid" as all ports and aequidens species seem to get chucked under that label when the LFS owner is not exactly sure what they've got.

Marvin's on the ball with this one. The fish is absolutely not any Aequidens sp. (Andinoacara now for the GT group). The fish is Cichlasoma sp and C. bimaculatus would be the most likely candidate based on color and pattern. I personally could not tell which the fish would be for sure, I have no personal experience with them and have read that positive identification between Cichlasoma sp. can be difficult. They are often confused for one another and without counting rays, scales, examining teeth and having a collection location it's hard to say which Cichlasoma sp. it would be for sure.

 

[hurricane_redbone]

black acara?

 

[cogs]

it looks to me a multispnosa or rainbow cichlid spelling is a bit off sorry

 

[marvinbaker]

my comment wasn't a guess. that's what it is. fact.

as straightjacket star says, i'm on the ball with this one

 

[Lizardking]

my comment wasn't a guess. that's what it is. fact.

as straightjacket star says, i'm on the ball with this one

I thought that there is no longer a cichlasoma genus?

 

[darth pike]

I thought that there is no longer a cichlasoma genus?

The reason other cichlids were removed from Cichlasoma is becuase Kullander restricted the genus to the Port Cichlids.

It deffinately is a northern clade port, not a southern clad (dimerus, true ports, bolivians). C. amazonarum, C. bimaculatum, and C. orientale seem to be the three most commonly available northern clade. Since you can't count the hard anal fin rays, you have to go by the pattern which rule out C. amazonarum and C. orientale.

So I agree with marvinbaker on the C. bimaculatum ID (ever notice you don't seem as smart when you agree with a previous ID vs being the first one coming up with it? )

Straightjacketstar is right, ports can be a pain to ID.

 

[Lizardking]

Aha.. I see. Thanks for the info, I didnt know this.