What is it?

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I will say it is a nice looking fish. You think it could be mixed with Bhreidori.
 
I will say it is a nice looking fish. You think it could be mixed with Bhreidori.
Thanks! They do look a bit similar...

The coloring traits confuse me and make me think it is a hybrid. It hs electric blue cheeks which some veija have, and a red throat which other vija have. But i havent seen any with both... So im leaning towards hybrid with one parent being a type of veija. And i think that maily due to its body shape which is more rounded that a lot of the other American cichlids.
 
Just looks like a generic hybrid to me, and trying to figure out what combination is what, is a bit nebulous, because is may be a combination of 3 or 4 or more different species, with all the random crossing these days.
And a pure breidhori is quite distinctive, at least from my point of view. A male below.
 
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