Still carpintis?

[Modest_Man]

They aren't Herichthys carpintis "Escondido". Just Herichthys carpintis.

 

[shamrock]

Really-I say that cause the only Texas I get are Escondido and I have never seen a Juvenile Carpintis with that much coloring and flourescent green.

 

[shamrock]

I could be wrong but if you look at the large truquoise blotches covering the fishes body it distinguishes it as an Escondido-most Texas cichlids don't have that strong turquoise feature as the one in that pic-so either I'm right or it is a really rare and pretty Carpintis-my brother has Carpintis AKA Green Texas Cichlid and doesn't have close to the strong Turquoise Coloring of the one on page 1.

 

[Modest_Man]

Here's my H. carpinits "Escondido" female at around the same size. Terrible photo. Note the color and the facial markings.

And a better but larger shot.

 

[jcardona1]

i say those are regular Carpintis, not the Esconido variant as the escondio have the squiggly wormy markings on the face.

nice fish BTW, they look just like mine

 

[xEchOx]

I would agree with MM. Carpintis yes, Carpintis sp Escondido no.

 

[shamrock]

Modest Man-for some reason I didn't get your pics-can anyone else show pics comparing the two. Cause to be honest I have seen many Carpintis and never seen one as brilliant on the one in the first page.

 

[xEchOx]

Modest Man-for some reason I didn't get your pics-can anyone else show pics comparing the two. Cause to be honest I have seen many Carpintis and never seen one as brilliant on the one in the first page.

Then you haven't seen MoJo's.

 

[jcardona1]

god thats a beautiful fish! mine has some brilliant coloration too but i cant capture that in pics, i suck with my camera

 

[shamrock]

Funny you said that I was just on Mojo's Site-thanks guys BTW I just ordered an Escondido from Rapps and will get it on Tuesday!