True texas?

[Toiletcar]

Dude has spots all over his face. Is that a trait of Herichthys cyanoguttatus?

Usually small spots indicate cyano. Some do have spots on the face. But as GS said, I wouldn’t rule out hybrid, anything is possible. But have seen some variation. Some more purple to yellowish green. Here is an old Jeff Rapps pic of a wild caught cyano. It has spots on the face.

 

[newworld]

Usually small spots indicate cyano. Some do have spots on the face. But as GS said, I wouldn’t rule out hybrid, anything is possible. But have seen some variation. Some more purple to yellowish green. Here is an old Jeff Rapps pic of a wild caught cyano. It has spots on the face.

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That last pic is not a cyanoguttatus regardless of what it says..

 

[newworld]

All Cyanoguttatus from San Antonio to Laredo Tx

 

[duanes]

That last pic is not a cyanoguttatus regardless of what it says..

I agree with this.
Many people (even in species profiles I've seen) will post a pic with a name, just because the LFS, or Joe down the street sold it to them as that certain species.
But I find in a lot of cases, LFSs and your average Joe's, are clueless to what they really sell or have, and in reality incapable of making a proper ID.
So unless you get a cichlid from a very knowledgeable, respected source, just because it was sold as Geophagus so and so, or Texas so and so, even a Parachromis so and so, doesn't make it that ...so and so.
I wish I had a dollar for all the times I've gone into LFSs and seen absolutely ridiculous IDs associated with common fish, and when you get into the more hard to recognize species like Geophagus, Vieja or Herichthys expecting a LFS to be accurate is a pipe dream.

 

[Gourami Swami]

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I would agree for sure that the picture on the bottom right is carpintis. Im thinking steve just meant to show the Jeff Rapps pic.
The Rapps fish, I would say for sure looks cyanoguttatus, and though everyone makes mistakes, I would be surprised if Jeff was incorrect about his fish. And catch point in Texas.
The OP's fish shows some characteristics of both i think. Smaller spots, but lots on face. Could also be carpintis. And also have who knows what mixed in of course.
Here is a carpintis I once had. Believe this one also came from rapps.

 

[newworld]

I agree with this.
Many people (even in species profiles I've seen) will post a pic with a name, just because the LFS, or Joe down the street sold it to them as that certain species.
But I find in a lot of cases, LFSs and your average Joe's, are clueless to what they really sell or have, and in reality incapable of making a proper ID.
So unless you get a cichlid from a very knowledgeable, respected source, just because it was sold as Geophagus so and so, or Texas so and so, even a Parachromis so and so, doesn't make it that ...so and so.
I wish I had a dollar for all the times I've gone into LFSs and seen absolutely ridiculous IDs associated with common fish, and when you get into the more hard to recognize species like Geophagus, Vieja or Herichthys expecting a LFS to be accurate is a pipe dream.

Agree 100%

 

[dogofwar]

I also have some of the H. cyanoguttatus from COTA ("Santiago Lerma"). They're great fish, and I have at least two spawning pairs - and a bunch of fry - from the six fish I got.

I put one of the pairs out in my greenhouse for the summer and they get much greener than the ones indoors.

Just a example pic

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