South American Cichlid

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beutiful - i'd say the electric blue jack dampsey or a colourful green terror
 
ebjd ARE not rare any good fish shop can get them. I have one and I have seen them at all my lfs at least once.

The Hoplarchus psitticus aka true parrot cichlid. These guys are amazing once full grown. these guys are rare. you have to realy look for them if you want one. Thats the only one I can think of right now off the top of my head.
 
I would also point out that, colors aside, the EBJD is capable of being quite an ugly fish if you don't have a quality specimen . . ..
 
female festae my male keeps killing them!
 
EBJDs are not from South America.

For beauty I would go for one of the geophagus, probably altifrons. Though brasiliensis are my favorite.

Not sure on the rare.
 
This will probably get moved to the SA/CA section but I am will Brian. The Geophagus Altifrons complex are the prettiest IMO. I am a sucker for any Satanoperca though, Daemon being the most attractive in my eyes. Hoplarchus Psittacus are beautiful but anything in the Geophagine gets my vote first.
 
"female festae my male keeps killing them!"

Your male will continue to kill them if you never provide refuge for the female. They're not called Red Terror because of their sunny disposition.
 
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