Red tiger motaguense

[blinkmaster]

I did some reading online and cant seem to figure out about motaguense.
Are Red tiger motaguense different from motaguense, or they the same thing. I read somewhere in here that they are totally different.

If they are different someone please post pictures. Thank you.

 

[jordanlewis100]

they are the same fish scientifically but one has more red on it as far as i can gather,but with more research into cichlids going on all the time maybe one day they will prove to be a different species who knows?

 

[blinkmaster]

so going to the LFS i should be looking for red marks if I want the red tiger? And what would a regular one look like?

 

[jordanlewis100]

if it's a red tiger it will be labelled as such as they tend to be a bit more expensive than the regular mota,well that's my experience

 

[blinkmaster]

I seen one the other day at a LFS and it was Lable RED TIGER, this one is all yellow with a few black bars. Could this be a regular one? or not a motaguense.

 

[Aquanero]

Parachromis motaguensis is known as the Red Tiger Mota. I saw a gold variant once. But a Motagunsis and Red Tiger Motagunsis is the same thing they can come from different areas or river systems with a slightly different pattern but it's all the same fish. females are very colorfull with a lot of red, Males are less colorfull with red spots. I have two batches of fry growing out right now. The first batch is about two months old between 1/2 & 3/4" the second batch is about two weeks old. I really like Motas personality and they don't get too big. Hope this was at least a little helpfull.

 

[duanes]

At a small size reds and yellows are quite similar, you don't get the red until they're older. Below is a young red

little older

mature female

mature male

 

[Aquanero]

Very good point. I was describing adults. When young they can be diffacult to tell apart. The gold or yellow IMO is not as nice looking as the Red but much less common.

 

[dent20]

You're lucky if you have an LFS that sales them. I have never seen them in a store. I've always been interested though. I've read that they are very aggressive.

 

[blinkmaster]

Now those are some nice pics. So motaguensis can be both yellow and red? Wow, now how can i tell them apart from friedrichsthalii and loiselle?