Quick ID please....
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Sweet! person said the colors are true, i thought maybe they had a reddish light on the tank
I don’t think it’s metae. A. metae have a long cheek stripe, an orange/yellow saddle, and lack the blue spangling this fish shows on its flanks. It looks more like Andinoacara to me. It looks a lot like Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus but those are really uncommon in the states so it’d be quite a find.
There’s also an undescribed species, A. sp. ‘Orinoco’ which is similar looking.
There’s also an undescribed species, A. sp. ‘Orinoco’ which is similar looking.
That's what I thought at first....totally off the subject but that was the first cichlid I collected in the wild..
I'd lean more towards the sp. 'Orinoco' myself over A. coeruleopunctatus due to the dorsal edging and pattern.
so now we're leaning towards Adinoacara Orinoco?
I searched google and found similar pics, I think the barring on the pics I posted may just be the stress bars
I searched google and found similar pics, I think the barring on the pics I posted may just be the stress bars
I am. I've never seen an A. coeruleopunctatus without a white edged dorsal. Granted that's not many as ryansmith83, they are rare.
I'm trying to strike a deal with them to trade me. I really like this fish.
Any thoughts on gender?