Crap! I was hoping to get a male and female jack. Oh well. I picked up that GT because my other GT was laying eggs and I was sure that this one was a male. Oh well I love em' anyway!
Lets play the sexing game
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Oh I almost forgot where can I find info on my cichlasoma amazonarum? I know nothing on him/her and would like to know everything about it! When I bought it I was told the fish was a black belt. I went back to my LFS a week later because it didnt look like a black belt I asked for the latin name and they gave me cichlasoma amazonarum. I was bumbed but I got attached to the little guy/girl and I'm glad I didnt return em.
ok this is what I could get tonight just a side view of the gt
he/she doesen't like his/her pic taken! Vent pics? What are those?
he/she doesen't like his/her pic taken! Vent pics? What are those?
ok i'd say the GT is female...vent pics are a picture of the fish's genitles so we can tell thesex and that is the only way to tell the sex of an oscar
Cichlid fanatic;1444602; said:
I think your LFS was bluffing you with the cichlasome amazonarum name. Cichlasoma was once a catch-all genus for new world cichlid species and is now defunct. Your fish looks like some sort of vieja/paratheps species (I can't ID specifically), which makes amazonarum bs because vieja's and paratheps are from Central America while the Amazon River in a South America. The only name I can think of that sounds anything like Cichlasoma amazonarum is Vieja (now Paratheps, but you will get more results searching for Vieja) zonatum.
The jacks both look like females to me. Give them some time though, they're still quite small.
I also concur about your C. "amazonium" being a P. synspilium.
I also concur about your C. "amazonium" being a P. synspilium.
