is this loisellei??

[gekkecichla]

i bought them as cichlasoma parachromis loisellei panama, is there anybody who has these also there awesome ive got 2 males and 3 females

 

[Ang]

i have one. its hard to tell with all these parachromis when they are young.

this is mine at8" - male

is yours stressed at all. he doesnt seem to beshowing a lot of color.

the top picture looks like a female that has stressed coloration and just isnt showing that well. but it looks like a lois

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Looks like a Parachromis loisellei to me. But I agree, it's hard to tell at young ages. Here's what my 7-8" female looks like.

 

[straitjacketstar]

How big are they?
They look to be lacking the big black opercular blotch which should be quite notable, even at a young age. Then again there are color/pattern variations within the species so I'm not counting that as a reliably defining factor.
What confuses me is that the first one doesn't even have the classic lois face. It's almost Amphilophus-like. Some of the others look to have a Parachromis like face and body, only a little more pointed and elongated.

 

[gekkecichla]

cool looking fish man

 

[Albertan]

I'm going to break with the MFK tradition of everyone agreeing with the first person to post an ID and say that top picture looks like a female dovii. If it's around four inches or so it looks pretty much exactly like females I have owned at that size.

 

[dyajz]

the 3rd picture looks to be a dovii...

 

[straitjacketstar]

I'm going to break with the MFK tradition of everyone agreeing with the first person to post an ID and say that top picture looks like a female dovii. If it's around four inches or so it looks pretty much exactly like females I have owned at that size.

Way to go trend-setter.

 

[killerfish]

we'll can't see all 5 but i do see a loisellie very nice fish

Very nice selection of cichlids you got there what size tank? looks nice

 

[---XR---]

How big are they?
They look to be lacking the big black opercular blotch which should be quite notable, even at a young age. Then again there are color/pattern variations within the species so I'm not counting that as a reliably defining factor.
What confuses me is that the first one doesn't even have the classic lois face. It's almost Amphilophus-like. Some of the others look to have a Parachromis like face and body, only a little more pointed and elongated.

yes exactly what i'd say, the spoting is way small for loiselli of anysize, and head shape is wrong.

my money would say hybrid.