Specied Id please?

[AquaJason]

I saw this fish at my local Pets@Home with no labels on, there was no staff so was wondering if you guys could help me, my first thought was could it be a rainbow or yellow acara although not sure with all the black spots running central :/

Not good qualitity images I am sorry, the dorsal and caudal fine are lined with red although appears white on these images.
Any suggestions on the species?
Thankyou.

 

[ryansmith83]

It's an African cichlid. It kind of looks like my Pelmatochromis nigrofasciatus. They have the same gill spot and the white edging on the fins, but yours is missing a few of the nigrofasciatus characteristics (black spot in the dorsal, second row of black markings above the one shown, etc.), so it's probably a different species. Hopefully someone more experienced with Africans will come along.

 

[dogofwar]

Actually it's a Tilapia mariae, which is an African cichlid...

Matt

 

[AquaJason]

Thank you Matt, I seemded to assume S/C America cichlid dont no why must have been it fairly large size.

Ryan- if that is your Severem(avatar), I must say Wow, what a stunner!

 

[mbeatrice]

yup i have two in my tank yoused as dithers

 

[cacichlids]

I caught two (tilapia mariae) on a fishing trip once. Pretty nice fish and eats all kinds of algae (even cyano).