problem with cichlasoma ornatum

[House 64]

I gotta google this fish.......... wondering minds want to know!

 

[ewok]

pretty cool
ah well... we can only dream eh? i bet the guys in europe and japan have these around...

 

[X24]

pretty cool
ah well... we can only dream eh? i bet the guys in europe and japan have these around...

from my understanding japan has had these imported and breeding for the past 7 years....

 

[jfkelley_24]

It is also one weird cichlid, unlike any other, save its sister species "C." ornatum. This is a somewhat elongated, torpedo-shaped cichlid with a rather long nose and a small, bird-like mouth. It is yellow to burnt-orange in base coloration, punctuated by a series of black blotches (seven plus) organized primarily along the horizontal mid-lateral line, but with additional black blotches on the dorsum just below the insertion of the dorsal fin. It has spots on the tail fin and the point of insertion of the soft dorsal and anal fins, and again on the belly — these in a more irregular, haphazard way. Indeed, a photo is necessary to appreciate the true appearance of these fish.
---I am yet to find a picture though.

 

[ewok]

It is also one weird cichlid, unlike any other, save its sister species "C." ornatum. This is a somewhat elongated, torpedo-shaped cichlid with a rather long nose and a small, bird-like mouth. It is yellow to burnt-orange in base coloration, punctuated by a series of black blotches (seven plus) organized primarily along the horizontal mid-lateral line, but with additional black blotches on the dorsum just below the insertion of the dorsal fin. It has spots on the tail fin and the point of insertion of the soft dorsal and anal fins, and again on the belly — these in a more irregular, haphazard way. Indeed, a photo is necessary to appreciate the true appearance of these fish.
---I am yet to find a picture though.

picture is three posts up, bro

 

[John Rambo]

Cant some one from japan ship it here?

 

[davidefc]

Cant some one from japan ship it here?

Yeah i have been told that, if you find someone please PM me and i will if i find someone before you
dave

 

[Pwn]

My honeymoon is in September. Guess where I'm going? JAPAN

It's been planned for a little over a year now. Going to Tokyo, Kyoto and a place called Hakone. I will for sure bring back pictures

 

[X24]

picture is three posts up, bro

You're welcome...also lucky i didn't remove it just to make you look bad

 

[X24]

Ya i only pulled 1 pick off, but anyway i've heard they aren't even that hard to breed its just a lack of breeding stock in the US. Somebody gets a source, some money and some time they could hold a monopoly over the US ornatum trade and make a pretty penny. I'm sure people are willing to pay upwards of $50 a piece for juvies, you get 30 sellable juvies out of each spawn and you are talking MONEY!