Most Colourful SA/CA?

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cichlid_obsessed92 said:
Exactly its like when a Texas is crossed with a carpintis(green Texas), not a hybrid but many will call it one.

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But they are different sp. so they should be a hybrid. It's no different crossbreeding h. Caprintis and h. Deppi. H. Cyano and h. Caprintis ARE different sp. Just because you people only call this fish a Texas in common name doesn't mean they are the same fish. People really need to stop using common names because it is misleading at times.


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cichlidfish said:
But they are different sp. so they should be a hybrid. It's no different crossbreeding h. Caprintis and h. Deppi. H. Cyano and h. Caprintis ARE different sp. Just because you people only call this fish a Texas in common name doesn't mean they are the same fish. People really need to stop using common names because it is misleading at times.


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Yes, precisely, you are right.

And even in this case when it's so clear cut as to what is what, people are still treating them as one species. Remarkably amazingly stupid.
 
Seems there should be a sub forum called "Line bred/Hybrid/Ornamental Cichlids" and this post may have been separated into Most Naturally occurring Colorful C/S Amer Cichlid, or Most Artificially Colored some time in the past been a C/S Amer Cichlid.
Where say, a healthy, well raised xC bocourti or C nicaraguense would fit in the 1st group
and EBGD or line bred severum (such as the 1st starter pic in the thread)or flowerhorn, turquoise discs, etc would be in the 2nd.
It is really a bit incongruous to try to compare something produced by man made manipulations with natural selection.
 
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Win.

Parachromis loisellei "Panama":

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Parachromis friedrichsthallii "La Ceiba":

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Fish on Fire said:
Nope. Oscars always start out looking very nice and then turn into ugly brutes when they mature, essentially the complete opposite of every other cichlid out there.
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You have a habit of over generalizing.. Common for a young teen. Oscars do not start out nice, only ones that have been pumped with hormones over-seas (common lfs baby Oscars)will be nice. This is why the colors fade and many think they get uglier over time... In fact, they eventually resume normal coloration and a mature adult can be quite nice. Natural baby oscars are dark, with white or copper banding, and a bit of orange. The baby oscar in the first pic is wild caught according to the poster.


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