Super green texas.. NOT

[duanes]

I don't see the dark area in your new pic, and now I believe my first impression was wrong. With the dorsal up, looks like a male.

 

[Lil g]

I don't see the dark area in your new pic, and now I believe my first impression was wrong. With the dorsal up, looks like a male.

ya this is why I was asking because sometimes I do see a dark spot but the fish changes colors constantly lol

 

[Frank Castle]

I don't see the dark area in your new pic, and now I believe my first impression was wrong. With the dorsal up, looks like a male.

Totally agree Duanes --- I was curious why you picked female at 1st, but then I read on about what you were saying about trailers on the dorsal/anal fins don't always mean male, but compared to my pair, my 1st impression was male
the pair, then male, then female on bottom


Looking more like cyannogutattum though, don't they? Small spots for a carpintis, but neither are very aggressive at all

 

[LogiBear]

Totally agree Duanes --- I was curious why you picked female at 1st, but then I read on about what you were saying about trailers on the dorsal/anal fins don't always mean male, but compared to my pair, my 1st impression was maleView attachment 1198016 View attachment 1198017 View attachment 1198018
the pair, then male, then female on bottom


Looking more like cyannogutattum though, don't they? Small spots for a carpintis, but neither are very aggressive at all

Lucky... The biggest male of mine was the meanest fish i have ever owned

Still have scars on my arms from that guy when he was 5"

 

[Lil g]

Totally agree Duanes --- I was curious why you picked female at 1st, but then I read on about what you were saying about trailers on the dorsal/anal fins don't always mean male, but compared to my pair, my 1st impression was maleView attachment 1198016 View attachment 1198017 View attachment 1198018
the pair, then male, then female on bottom


Looking more like cyannogutattum though, don't they? Small spots for a carpintis, but neither are very aggressive at all

yea yours looks like a regular texas cichlid.. The pearling is small

 

[Lil g]

yea yours looks like a regular texas cichlid.. The pearling is small

Mine are big

 

[Frank Castle]

Mine are big

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So I thought smaller spots meant Pearls for "Pearl-scaled carpintis" and reticulations like yours meant cyannoguttatum?


Unless I totally screwed up somewhere....

unless we both have carpintis but 2 different locales..........

 

[Lil g]

So I thought smaller spots meant Pearls for "Pearl-scaled carpintis" and reticulations like yours meant cyannoguttatum? No I believe big spots were pearlscale.... Because they are big like pearls lol hence the name.. I have a Texas and an Escondido so it's clear the difference. Plus Escondidos are very colorful whereas Texas are darker. I'm pretty sure that's correct, if not I hope someone corrects me lol.


Unless I totally screwed up somewhere....

unless we both have carpintis but 2 different locales..........