Pure fenestratus?

[robmcd]

I dont know but looks great...

 

[the animal guy]

Pretty sure it is bifa. Rio chacamax. The more colorful variant.

 

[orbit]

Bifa's are red through out...

 

[dookie]

Bifa's are red through out...

only excellent specimens will turn red, however this one looks like it's going to be fantastic.

 

[orbit]

only excellent specimens will turn red, however this one looks like it's going to be fantastic.

All Bifa's are red through out its body.. If you don't have a "excellent" example then I'd call it a hybrid or a mutt..

Google Fenestratus and you can see how close the OP's cichlid is to what it is supposed to be.

 

[buddha1200]

i say fenestratus also but i am far from an expert

 

[poly-nomial]

I agree!

ditto

 

[Legomypleco]

Modest man is right, the two fenes i had in the past would both display vertical bars down the sides of their body when they were showing off or in certain moods. OP, does yours ever show vertical markings?

 

[NorCaliCichlids]

Looks like a bifa to me. But Vieja's are easily hybridized.

 

[GMFISHNUT]

Looks like a Bifaciatus to me.