Please help ID my fish?

[MonstaMan]

Hello again everyone,

I posted up a thread a few days ago about sexing a jack dempsey and after exchanging messages with fellow members I found out my own fish wasn't a true jack dempsey (It was sold as a JD).

I just really want to find out what hybrid my fish is i think it defiantly is 50% JD but I'm not sure on the other 50% any help would be much appreciate guys..

A member did suggest it could be mixed with a Texas cichlid? Anyone seen one like this before?

Thanks guys.

 

[Gourami Swami]

It's going to be impossible for us to give you anything other than guesses. Only way for you to know will be to contact the seller.
I do not see jack at all (though I guess it is possible)
If I had to guess, I would say Black belt (vieja maculicauda) x texas cichlid

 

[Covetous]

Yeah, I agree with Gourami Swami I don’t see any Jack in there at all. Not that I could be sure.

I’d guess some type of Vieja hybrid.

 

[Spence]

I certainly see a possibility that a Texas is part of the mix here, but for a Texas x Jack I'd certainly expect a lot more spangling (which also makes me says its not just a texas as well). From looking at the gill plates, maybe I see some Dovii there? As Swami mentioned, this is nothing more than a guess.

 

[duanes]

There is no way to look at a hybrid and know what type it is.
Some look a little like the mother, some the father, and some look like something different from either one.
The only way to know for sure would be to have its DNA tested, anything else is a wild guess.

 

[MonstaMan]

Thanks for all the replys guys.. I thought it would be quite a hard feat actually trying to figure It out so I just guess I'm going to have to decide what to do next

 

[Gourami Swami]

Personally, I would say just keep it and don't let it reproduce. Looks like a cool fish to me. Nothing wrong with hybrid fish themselves, the only problem with them is when they muddy the gene-pool of pure fish, or when people try to pass them off as pure.