Ultra nice 2/24/10

[jcardona1]

out of all these species, that only one that i can draw a connection to is the orino...

[SIZE=+1]Historically Described Species[/SIZE]

Cichla ocellaris

Cichla temensis

Cichla orinocensis

Cichla monoculus

Cichla intermedia


[SIZE=+1]Recently Resurrected Species[/SIZE]

Cichla nigromaculata

[SIZE=+1]Recently Described Species[/SIZE]

Cichla pinima
a.k.a. sp. "Amazonas"

Cichla melaniae
a.k.a. sp. "Xingu"

Cichla piquiti


Cichla mirianae


Cichla pleiozona
a.k.a. sp. "Madeira"

Cichla jariina


Cichla thyrorus


Cichla vazzoleri

Cichla kelberi

 

[henrysusername]

snooks-

That looks like a saltwater snook is it?

 

[MFM]

out of all these species, that only one that i can draw a connection to is the orino...

[SIZE=+1]Historically Described Species[/SIZE]

Cichla ocellaris

Cichla temensis

Cichla orinocensis

Cichla monoculus

Cichla intermedia


[SIZE=+1]Recently Resurrected Species[/SIZE]

Cichla nigromaculata

[SIZE=+1]Recently Described Species[/SIZE]

Cichla pinima
a.k.a. sp. "Amazonas"

Cichla melaniae
a.k.a. sp. "Xingu"

Cichla piquiti


Cichla mirianae


Cichla pleiozona
a.k.a. sp. "Madeira"

Cichla jariina


Cichla thyrorus


Cichla vazzoleri

Cichla kelberi

That is why I say Hybrid until they are grown out more...only time will tell.

 

[jworth]

you keep saying hybrid ...

these are wild caught fish and the hybridization rate in the wild is not that high. It is possible to be an undescribed species or one that changes traits as it ages much like the Kelberi. I would love to see you keep these and grow them out. The return would be greater on larger specimens with a positive id

 

[Scatocephalus]

I'd love to get enough to establish a breeding pair. In this manner they'd be available to everyone eventually. I hope that where ever they do end up that breeding is the goal. Dividing them amongst half a dozen people pretty much means the end for this fish in the hobby unless more are eventually collected.

 

[Scatocephalus]

I'd love to get enough to establish a breeding pair. In this manner they'd be available to everyone eventually. I hope that where ever they do end up that breeding is the goal. Dividing them amongst half a dozen people pretty much means the end for this fish in the hobby unless more are eventually collected.

And I tend to think they are not a hybrid.

 

[stevenrox]

I'd love to get enough to establish a breeding pair. In this manner they'd be available to everyone eventually. I hope that where ever they do end up that breeding is the goal. Dividing them amongst half a dozen people pretty much means the end for this fish in the hobby unless more are eventually collected.

i would wanna try to breed this intresting pbass

 

[stevenrox]

^ would be cool to make a log of it's growth etc

 

[Scatocephalus]

^ would be cool to make a log of it's growth etc

You mean like this?

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177153&highlight=kelberi+progression

 

[fugupuff]

yeah. unless these end up looking like the TRUE rio negro orino. but the vertical stripes is throwing me off

you have the rio negro orino. Initially that's what I thought too, but the bars, red eyes, red tail, looks different than the Rio Negros that were imported, which those, I have a more specific location from wherre they were collected and its farther away from these.