Let talk about Island Cichlids

[jiant2520]

Balton, great idea for a thread. Also, I would love to see some of them other Tetracanthus variants.

 

[balton777]

It is thought there were endemic cichlids at one time on Puerto Rico and Barbados, but were wiped out. There are introduced Tilapia, and rumors of introduced managuense now in Puerto Rico, and many introductions in Hawaii.
The last time I heard of N. ramsdeni for sale,they were $500 each.

There's over seven hundred islands in the Bahamas and only 5% of those are inhabited. There's more than seven thousand islands in the Carribean. I can see the possibility of endemic cichlids on the flatter non-volcanic origin islands. One day someone might discover some new cichlids.

Balton, great idea for a thread. Also, I would love to see some of them other Tetracanthus variants.

Thanks for your support

 

[WildCAught]

If anyone could bring N. ramsdeni into the states they would go for unreal prices.

Yeah, that's my "holy grail". I asked Jeff rapps a few years ago about them and he said they were only available in the UK at the time.

 

[newworld]

I think i heard vombergae is haitiensis...I could be wrong