Texas cichlid or Green Terror

[FastFisher5]

So I recently got what I thought was a Green Terror juvie. I had some lingering doubts after I brought it home and saw it's true colors showing more and after I recently started a thread and posted this pic, some members are saying it's not a GT but a Texas. So what do you all think?

 

[FastFisher5]

There's a very very thin orange stripe on the dorsal fin. Barely noticeble

 

[Tyler_Wentworth_150]

It's a Texas my friend, interesting fish. I've kept several though never to full size yet. The ones I've had have snapped once they reach about 5 inches... I do keep aggressive community tanks though.

 

[Frank Castle]

ya, either Texas or Green Texas....still trying to learn the difference myself between carpintis and cyannoguttatus so I can't tell you which

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Looks like carpintis to me.cyannoguttatus has much smaller spots.

 

[Frank Castle]

Looks like carpintis to me.cyannoguttatus has much smaller spots.

so Lowland a.k.a Pearl-scaled a.k.a. Green Texas is your vote? Is the size of the spots the only way to tell? I saw a "Texas" at a LFS recently, the back half was like black or dark grey while the front half looked just like normal Texas/Lowland profile....big huge abrupt color change for some reason. Never seen it before.

Is that another species of Heterichthys?.....or just a sub-species of carpintis or cyannoguttatus?

 

[convict360]

Texas

 

[Stanzzzz7]

so Lowland a.k.a Pearl-scaled a.k.a. Green Texas is your vote? Is the size of the spots the only way to tell? I saw a "Texas" at a LFS recently, the back half was like black or dark grey while the front half looked just like normal Texas/Lowland profile....big huge abrupt color change for some reason. Never seen it before.

Is that another species of Heterichthys?.....or just a sub-species of carpintis or cyannoguttatus?

It was probably just in breeding dress.they can go through quite dramatic colour changes depending on mood.

These are carpintis in breeding dress

Below is the same fish

 

[smitty03281964]

You have a Texas. But be happy they are an awesome cichlid to have.

 

[Frank Castle]

It was probably just in breeding dress.they can go through quite dramatic colour changes depending on mood.
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These are carpintis in breeding dress

Below is the same fish
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it was by itself, only one in the store