Red Devil or Midas

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Onion01

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Just caught these guys in my backyard. I got 3 of them, one with a big breeding hump. So, are they red devils or midas cichlids? Either way, I looooooove South Florida!!! :woot::woot::woot:

He was around 10", others around 8". I had my dog keep an eye on them. I only have a pic of the large male here :):):)

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tydus;2136453; said:
Nice rd/midas. They look great!
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Thanks :)

But is is a rd or midas? :confused::confused:
 
nice cute little dog :D
 
They are rd/midas mixes. I have caught hundreds of them in the last 10 years in Kendall (Miami). I currently keep a group of 12 of them in my 300 gallon and they all get along well without killing each other off, even during breeding. I have caught many that looked like pure RDs, with the thick lips and everything.
 
Yours has the chunky, squarish body and shorter face of the Midas end of the spectrum, but chances are there are genes from both RD and Midas in your feral population, like the others said.

I have siblings of the same Midas parents from a breeder and some of them look like the more elongate RD types and some the chunkier, blockhead Midas. So there can be variation even in the same litter, I guess.

That is absolutely awesome that you can catch these in your backyard. Well, I guess it's unfortunate that they got into the local ecosystems, but now you can help by removing them. I am amazed at how fat and healthy he looks, must be lots o' good bugs around there.
 
Better be careful out there, your dog isn't much bigger. Great looking fish.
 
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