new geos
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yep thoses are surinamensis they are really cool fish i love them i and still geting more for my 125 55 but they are jst super cool fish
those are not surinamensis. they are altifrons or abalios.a search will tell you that surinamensis is not common at all in the hobby. i have no idea why stores insist on labeling them as such. these are great fish at any rate and i am sure you will be pleased with how they develop.
They do look like an altifrons variant, but a clear shot of the caudal pattern is necessary.
The "G. surinamensis" in the hobby are generally Geophagus brachybranchus, at least that is the case here in Australia. I'm a little rusty at the moment so I'm not even going to have a crack.
The "G. surinamensis" in the hobby are generally Geophagus brachybranchus, at least that is the case here in Australia. I'm a little rusty at the moment so I'm not even going to have a crack.
joworth;3654170; said:
Becuase that is what they come in as from the wholesaler, whom gets the name from the importer, whom gets the name from the exporter, whom gets the name from the guy on the river boat that transports the fish to the exporter, who got the name from the collector.
And collectors are generally natives to the area, and aren't up to date on the lastest hair splitting scientists do.
Having worked in a LFS for quite a while when I was younger, I can tell you two things. Every LFS is not going to have a specialist to ID each fish they get in, it would cost way too much to staff with a Geo specialists, a westie specialist, a malawi specialist, ect ect
And two, unnamed fish don't sell well. I remember getting in apistos as agassizi, but both I and the manager knew they weren't. Heck, they weren't even in the agassizi complex. We did sell a few labeled as agassizi before we switched it to just apisto sp. since we couldn't find a match. None sold. Finally the manager, needing the tank space, switched them back to agassizi and they sold out.
Now, I don't agree with the mislabeling mind you, but I can understand it. The manager of one of the LFS always picks my brain when he gets in Satanoperca or Pike cichlids in to see if they are what they are labeled as.
they will have nice trailers eventually..altifrons is what i think, at first i did think abalios... I like the Dikrozoster the best. Nice Eartheaters.