The fish do appear to be Cichlasoma but Ryan is right, identifying juveniles to a particular species is nearly impossible. If you could count the anal fin spines on your fish you'd be able to at least narrow it down to six of the 12 known species (6 species have 3 spines in the anal fin and 6 have 4, sometimes 5.) Allow them to grow for a few months and once they begin to develop their adult colors it will be easier to tell which species you have.
please help me ID my fish
- Thread starter sauroid
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yes i will let them grow further before attempting to ID them. will post pics once they've grown much bigger and have some colors/defined markings. thanks to everyone esp mahlerfan. 
