I think it is going to be a matter of waiting until she settles a bit more and eats properly because I am finding pictures on google images of freddies that are the spitting double of her with regards to pattern and shape. She has more yellow than the picture but one of them is of a male wild caught freddy, ichthyoid.blog.com and also
http://www.cichlidae.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7811&hilit=friedrichsthalii&start=20 (the last picture, same pattern, shading, a bit less yellow but that one is smaller).
Even other examples are just like her but with more colour which is not surprising seeing as she hasn't been in the tank that long and hasn't even eaten a full meal yet, just 2 or 3 pellets per meal which is an increase.
I will admit I am hesitant to believe it is a Mota because of the source, a vendor on EA Cichlids who got them from Rapps or Conkel (he buys from good sources), so I am inclined to trust him due to the the fact he has a whole site of cichlids nuts dedicated to him who have strong ties to the British Cichlid Association.
However, I also know that these fish are far more common across the pond so identification between the 2 breeds will be 2nd nature to some of you which is why to be fair I am going to wait a while and come back for a positive ID. It is the only way to be 100% positive because I know these 2 breeds can be hard to tell apart when young and she is only just 5" ish so still very young.
Please do not feel as though I am completely discounting your experience or advice.
Your help is very much appreciated guys and I thank you for sharing. Thanks for the kind words from everyone else.
