What is she?

[Bobman]

So I got this fish fully grown from my lsf. She was in there sump because she was fighting with other fish. I'm not sure what type of parrot cichlid she is so I was wondering if you could give me some insight.

 

[JK47]

Looks to be a short body amphilophus type

 

[Bobman]

Looks to be a short body amphilophus type

What would you guess her size at?

 

[JK47]

What would you guess her size at?

Hard to tell from an online pic with no frame of reference. I would guess at 7"-8".

 

[Bobman]

Hard to tell from an online pic with no frame of reference. I would guess at 7"-8".

She's 10 inches

 

[Bobman]

That's where I tend to loose people

 

[Alexxxxsv14]

At 10" wow that's a very nice parrot or parrot hybrid

 

[JK47]

That's where I tend to loose people

Not sure I follow your comment? 10" can easily be achieved with a short body species. Look at the caudal peduncle. King Kong parrots can hit 10" no problem. I was say you have a mix of a KK parrot and amph species. No one will be able to answer accurately unless the parent linkage is known. Hybrids vary from one to the next even within the same spawn.

 

[Bobman]

so i probably will never know?

 

[JK47]

so i probably will never know?

With relative certainty, that's correct. None of us can accurately claim what it is without knowing the liniage.