is there any way to determine the difference between the 3??? I just bought one about 4" from a LPS and these guys have great fish but are morons when it comes to labeling. I have seen GT labeled as JD and butti labeled as Frontosa. These guys told me it was a Texas Blue but I only paid 19.99 so I thought it was worth it what ever it was... it's a gorgeous fish. Any markings or anything that can be used to tell???
Texas, Texas Blue, Carpintis???
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No Carpintis is a different species of the Herichthys. There are two Races of Carpintis (escondido and Rio Terra I think.) It's funny because I just got back from a LFS with a Carpintis Escondido lol paid 11.99 and he's 3 and 1/2 inches long. There is a general way to sex these fish though. Females will have a large black dot on the dorsal fin and won't have prestine/clear markings like a male would. Also in the Carpintis males will tend to have more red in the back fin.
H. cyanoguttatus is the true Texas cichlid. H. carpintis is the green texas cichlid. Possible that people may label true texas as blue texas, but haven't seen it. Pretty easy to tell them apart. Regular texas have many more smaller spots on their bodies. Body color is usually more of a blue-gray mix. They also grow larger than carpintis. Carpintis have larger spots/blotches that are less in number. And a much greener body and spot color. There are a number of regional varieties of both species. Here's my H. carpintis 'escondido' pair before the male killed the female:
Killer looking fish 
bloodclot fish and photosDarthV;1049296; said:H. cyanoguttatus is the true Texas cichlid. H. carpintis is the green texas cichlid. Possible that people may label true texas as blue texas, but haven't seen it. Pretty easy to tell them apart. Regular texas have many more smaller spots on their bodies. Body color is usually more of a blue-gray mix. They also grow larger than carpintis. Carpintis have larger spots/blotches that are less in number. And a much greener body and spot color. There are a number of regional varieties of both species. Here's my H. carpintis 'escondido' pair before the male killed the female:Killer looking fish
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