Red Texas pair- Super pearly male and fader female

[Jexnell]

Thanks! Yeah, I brought it up on a CA Cichlid Facebook group and some members said essentially the same thing plus they mentioned there's something about the mouth which is another indicator.

I was going to mention the mouth...
This is a male I got from COTA
See how his mouth is flat, while yours is upturned.

 

[sarmatian07]

I was going to mention the mouth...
This is a male I got from COTA
See how his mouth is flat, while yours is upturned.

What type of fish are Thai green texas with an upturned mouth? Is it a special Thai morph of Carpinti or unfading RT?

 

[Jexnell]

What type of fish are Thai green texas with an upturned mouth? Is it a special Thai morph of Carpinti or unfading RT?

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Some kind of FH, another sign that it's not a pure Carpinitis is that giant KOK, Carpinitis doesn't grow those. The forehead will push out some
Not my pic thank Google

But here you can see, some bulge but no baseball on its forehead

 

[sarmatian07]

Some kind of FH, another sign that it's not a pure Carpinitis is that giant KOK, Carpinitis doesn't grow those. The forehead will push out someView attachment 1460330
Not my pic thank Google

But here you can see, some bulge but no baseball on its forehead

In order not to clog the topic, I will add a couple of photos and a link to the video. My SRT with a flat mouth, Carpinti with a large kok (sold near me for $ 80). In the video, the author explains the origins of the Thai green texas. This fish can be marketed as super pearly RT.