What kind of fish is this?
- Thread starter Awright22899
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im not sure you should start to see red if its a femal maybe somone else will jump in
Above is a shot of a young Parachromis motaguense.
Below a female
now below a male
As you can see, male usually have small spots on the gill plate and lower jaw, females don't.
Beside motaguense, there are 4 other species in the genus. (3 are often interchangeably called Jaguars in LFSs)
and there are a host of mutts made by amateurs interbreeding the species
dovii
friedrichsthali
managuensis
multifasciatus (AKA loisellii)
Within the species, there can be many location variants.
For example, a group from muddy turbid water may be more colorful than a variant from clear water.
They range from Panama in southern Central America, north into southern Mexico.
Below a video of a Cenote near Tulum where I found multifasciatus
Aktun Ha
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Above is a shot of a young Parachromis motaguense.
Below a female
now below a male
As you can see, male usually have small spots on the gill plate and lower jaw, females don't.
Beside motaguense, there are 4 other species in the genus. (3 are often interchangeably called Jaguars in LFSs)
and there are a host of mutts made by amateurs interbreeding the species
dovii
friedrichsthali
managuensis
multifasciatus (AKA loisellii)
Within the species, there can be many location variants.
For example, a group from muddy turbid water may be more colorful than a variant from clear water.
They range from Panama in southern Central America, north into southern Mexico.
Below a video of a Cenote near Tulum where I found multifasciatus
Aktun Ha
