Texas mixed with....?

[Frank Castle]

damn, refresh, I edited

Shoot. I should have grabbed the female too.

 

[Frank Castle]

I would but I got him in Seattle and it's 300 miles away.

ask if they can ship her to you, it's probably worth it. According to duanes they only exist in a few small pools and it's the only place on Earth they exist

 

[twhittle]

ask if they can ship her to you, it's probably worth it. According to duanes they only exist in a few small pools and it's the only place on Earth they exist

I may have to...

 

[duanes]

Here is a description of Herichthys minckleyi I got from the Desert Fishes Council web site.
It is the kind of info you need to truly identify any fish.
Trying to guess from a photo is a bit foolish, especially in this day of random hybridization where a combination of 2 or more fish does not necessarily look like either a mother or father. And today, with hybrids of 2 species being bred with totally different species hybrids, the exercise is to me totally ludicrous.
http://www.nativefishlab.net/library/textpdf/12628.pdf

 

[twhittle]

Here is a description of Herichthys minckleyi I got from the Desert Fishes Council web site.
It is the kind of info you need to truly identify any fish.
Trying to guess from a photo is a bit foolish, especially in this day of random hybridization where a combination of 2 or more fish does not necessarily look like either a mother or father. And today, with hybrids of 2 species being bred with totally different species hybrids, the exercise is to me totally ludicrous.
http://www.nativefishlab.net/library/textpdf/12628.pdf

Yeah, but it's still fun.

 

[twhittle]

Here are some new shots now that he's settled in.

 

[Frank Castle]

Here are some new shots now that he's settled in.

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such a cool looking fish

 

[jgentry]

Herichthys males, especially the Carpintis types will cross with almost any CA cichlids. They truely are the players of the CA cichlids. I would guess is some type of Carpintis Mayan cross but it could be crossed with any type of paratheraps. You can get a lot of strange looks from a cross spawn that look nothing like the parents.

 

[cichlidfish]

Here is a description of Herichthys minckleyi I got from the Desert Fishes Council web site.
It is the kind of info you need to truly identify any fish.
Trying to guess from a photo is a bit foolish, especially in this day of random hybridization where a combination of 2 or more fish does not necessarily look like either a mother or father. And today, with hybrids of 2 species being bred with totally different species hybrids, the exercise is to me totally ludicrous.
http://www.nativefishlab.net/library/textpdf/12628.pdf

I agree with this. So many people try to mix this with that to get traits of each fish, but that doesn't always happen.
Truth is we'all never know what it is. Especially if it is a hybrid, its impossible to tell what the mix is.
This is why it's important to buy from a creditable source if knowing is important to you.

 

[twhittle]

I agree with this. So many people try to mix this with that to get traits of each fish, but that doesn't always happen.
Truth is we'all never know what it is. Especially if it is a hybrid, its impossible to tell what the mix is.
This is why it's important to buy from a creditable source if knowing is important to you.

It's not important. It's just fun to guess.