What kind of fish is this?

[fishmaniac]

I took a picture of it when I visited the Philippines. It was on display at a fish show inside a mall.
Anyway, I tried to ask a worker at the show but somehow that didn't work out.
What is it?

Thanks


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[kido]

hi there, that was our society's (palhs) fish show you went to

that fish is owned by EFEX a fellow MFK manila member, its a Paretroplus Maculatus .. it was the grand champion of the cichlid category

 

[bOOsteN aUdI]

nice fish kidna looks like a pogie ahahah jk but a very nice fish... where there any cichla at the fish show?

 

[fishmaniac]

its a Paretroplus Maculatus .. it was the grand champion of the cichlid category

Hey, that's a critically endangered species! How/where did he get one anyway?
Very nice cichlid...My wife and I fell in love with it once we saw it. Very pretty. Looks like a grand champion!

bOOsteN aUdI - There might have been other cichlids but this was the only one that caught my eye.
However, there were tanks and tanks and tanks of flowerhorns and a couple of tanks of arowanas:

 

[fishmaniac]

its a Paretroplus Maculatus .. it was the grand champion of the cichlid category

Hey, that's a critically endangered species! How/where did he get one anyway?
Very nice cichlid...My wife and I fell in love with it once we saw it. Very pretty. Looks like a grand champion!

bOOsteN aUdI - There might have been other cichlids but this was the only one that caught my eye.
However, there were tanks and tanks and tanks of flowerhorns and a couple of tanks of arowanas:

 

[rweedon]

I am so sorry to tell you this but I believe those FH are ugly but to each his own I still do respect the selective breeding that would lead to such a large hump...

 

[kido]

Hey, that's a critically endangered species! How/where did he get one anyway?
Very nice cichlid...My wife and I fell in love with it once we saw it. Very pretty. Looks like a grand champion!

don't know where but its a great looking fish, a true grand champion

 

[kido]

nice fish kidna looks like a pogie ahahah jk but a very nice fish... where there any cichla at the fish show?

nope, unfortunately, there were no cichla's that joined the show..

 

[EFeX]

Just saw this thread

I got this fish a few years backs, I was asked by a friend if he could enter it in the show was surprised that it won. I think I have pictures of the entire colony in my gallery, was lucky enough to get two breeding pairs.

 

[tothna]

I am so sorry to tell you this but I believe those FH are ugly but to each his own I still do respect the selective breeding that would lead to such a large hump...

So it's breeding that makes that HUGE hump? Do all flowerhorns get that? Are flowerhorns the only fish that get the huge hump?