Is there a difference

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Are cuban cichlids the same as magnesse jaguar cichlids?

I have got a cuban from a local pet shop for a gd price. And month latter I got a mageneese jaguar when I got home realized it looks pretty much the same so can some one please help me and if they ate different please tell me which one is bigger more aggressive and ect........
 
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Type in the difference between Cuban, and Jaquar in the search bar and there may be info in the threads posted. Until other experienced members chime in.
 
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The Cuban, Nandopsis tetacanthus is native to Cuba, and only Cuba. It is thought to be an ancestral species to the Parachromis of mainland Central America, being a more basal species, more or less unchanged from its primitive prehistoric ancestor, Cichlasoma woodringi.
Parachromis managuensis and others of its genus have radiated from southern Mexico to Panama, and have evolved certain characteristics that allow them to flourish in each slightly different environment. You would seldom see 2 of the same genus in the same habitat.
Cubans don't get as large as managuense, most Cuban males will top off at @ 10+", managuense will reach 16" under the right conditions. And colors are quite different, Cubans basically more white/grey and black, managuense more yellow/gold and black.
I don't have photos of my managuense pair, that was back in the 80s before I had a camera. But here are Cuban's I had not too long ago.
male

female

 
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duanes said:
Worth is in the eye of the beholder.
The Cuban, Nandopsis tetacanthus is native to Cuba, and only Cuba. It is thought to be an ancestral species to the Parachromis of mainland Central America, being a more basal species, more or less unchanged from its primitive prehistoric ancestor, Cichlasoma woodringi.
Parachromis managuensis and others of its genus have radiated from southern Mexico to Panama, and have evolved certain characteristics that allow them to flourish in each slightly different environment. You would seldom see 2 of the same genus in the same habitat.
Cubans don't get as large as managuense, most Cuban males will top off at @ 10+", managuense will reach 16" under the right conditions. And colors are quite different, Cubans basically more white/grey and black, managuense more yellow/gold and black.
I don't have photos of my managuense pair, that was back in the 80s before I had a camera. But here are Cuban's I had not too long ago.
male

female

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an. Thanks u guys for ya help I've just looked them up and it is a big difference I see now so I am gonna keep both
 
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