Mythical 24" Jaguar cichlid

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I have no idea why all the care sheets and information on Jaguar cichlids say they reach 24". There is no proof nor a single picture in a aquarium or wild with a jag that big. I don't think I can find a picture or proof of them even getting bigger than 20". I would love someone to prove me wrong but I really doubt they can.
 
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I never knew they got that big, ive seen mel omeras monster jags in his 1000g tank, they were i want to say 15+ yrs old and they were at the most 17" maybe 18".
 
Yeah it's like the 34" dovii and 18" Oscar debate.
 
If they exsist it's gonna be like a 7ft person, extremely rare. Likely never achieve their max size in anyone's but duanes duanes tanks lol.
I would love to see a 2' Jag.
 
I think Mel has had some 20inchers. Biggest I've seen is a pic with tape measure of one caught in Florida @ 21ish. Biggest I've personally had is 17/change but it went carpet surfing so who knows. 17-18" is about as big as the mortal jags get from my experience.
 
The Jag that swims out from the back of the tank at 2:13 in this old Youtube video I came across looks enormous. What would you all guess his size to be?

 
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