What kind of Geophagus is this?

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43D1EC8C-55A4-459E-8830-F8FDE4DBC67F.jpeg 206EF7F8-A40F-4F1F-97A8-75097C431E9A.jpeg 30A72755-467E-4501-A840-B0E6F2789C60.jpeg Ok so I have asked this question before and it has kind of been up in the air. One person says it’s a Geophagus red hump female and an person who works for a private aquarium shop told me it was a Geophagus Pelligrini, this man was at my house looking at the fish when he saw it. He/she is about 3 inches long and his/her dorsal fin is tipped with red. So I am just trying to figure out when this cutie grows up ( I hear they grow slow) if he will be able to live in my 210 gallon tank with 3 Severums and 2 green terrors. All of them are juveniles except for one of my green Severums that is 4 years old.
 
Its definitely in the 'steindachneri' complex. A quick google search suggests its either G. crassilabris or G. steindachneri. The latter is more likely as I think its more common.
 
The trio of crassilabrus, steindachneri, and pellegrini are all considered the red "hump" Geophagine types (not to be confused with the red head Tapajos of the Amazon region, or the Bahia red of southern Brazil).
All "red humps" are found west of the Andes, and 1 (Crassilabrus has migrated north into Panama)
 
doesn't look much like a steindachneri to me, or a pellegrini or crassilibris to be honest. Not sure what that is. Maybe I'm wrong and it's a female from that complex. But I'm not totally convinced.
Here's a steindachneri of mine to compare
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This fish has confused from day one. Does anyone think I could put her in the 210 gallon or keep her in with my corys and a half banded eel
(40 gallon breeder).
 
kept mine wish Oscar, severums, etc. They do well with south American cichlids. Not sure wha tyou have in your 210. They are a little meaner than more geos. But still a good fit for SA fish.
Then again, not sure what species you even have.
 
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I have one 4 year old Severum and a juvenile Severum, 2 juvenile green terrors, 3 blood parrots and 4 hoplo catfish. I put him in and none of them seem to care too much, they checked him out and that was it. He seems to love it in the big tank:)
 
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