Mythical 24" Jaguar cichlid

[Monstercam]

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.

 

[juddb]

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".

 

[justarn]

Yeah it's like the 34" dovii and 18" Oscar debate.

 

[justarn]

If they exsist it's gonna be like a 7ft person, extremely rare. Likely never achieve their max size in anyone's but duanes tanks lol.
I would love to see a 2' Jag.

 

[PYRU]

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.

 

[justarn]

There's a few big measured ones in this old thread of mine
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/world-record-jag-28-inch-15lb.597541/page-2

 

[Rocksor]

There's a few big measured ones in this old thread of mine
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/world-record-jag-28-inch-15lb.597541/page-2

I don't see any over 20" in that thread, even Mel's only got to 18" TL.

 

[duanes]

I have also seen photos of very large ones (almost 2ft), caught in remote area's, that after being caught were eaten by their human captors, because trying to bing them back alive would have been too difficult.

 

[celebrist]

It's because an 18 to 20 inch Jag carries himself like he's 24 in

 

[Balookis]

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?