What kind of Texas need ID

[Flowerhorn888]

It's about 3inch


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[Flowerhorn888]

So if it is a red Texas when does it suppose to start fading?


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[gutted]

Can't tell when theyll fade. They can fade early or late or never. Its a gamble when you buy a red texas.

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[Microfische]

Common name for cyano is green Texas, carpintis is a different specie.

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[AConrad]

I was under the impression that Green texas is a variation of the carpintis. Selectively bred in taiwan. I own a few greens that I'm growing out now.

 

[gutted]

No the cyanoguttatus is called the texas and the carpintis is the green texas.

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[AConrad]

What is that in your avatar gutted? Looks like a turquoise hericthys?

 

[Azedenkae]

Lololololololol omg. I'm sorry, but no. Just no.

The common names for a H. cyanoguttatum are Texas and Rio Grande Cichlid.

The common names for a H. carpintis are Green Texas and Lowland Cichlid.

 

[Microfische]

No the cyanoguttatus is called the texas and the carpintis is the green texas.

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My bad, was skimming through the posts on my phone, had a brain fart, you're right though.

OPs fish is a carpintis.

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[Azedenkae]

I was under the impression that Green texas is a variation of the carpintis. Selectively bred in taiwan. I own a few greens that I'm growing out now.

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All H. carpintis are Green Texans. Some of them are really green/blue, and hence called Super Green Texas - these are commonly the H. carpintis var. Escondido and H. carpintis var. Vontehillo, as Escondido and Vontehillo are the two localities that the Green Texans are commonly found with 'superior' colors. Yours is one of this (super green texas). Note that they can be selectively bred for in the trade as well, so not necessarily collected from one of the common collection localities.

Since we're on this topic, Blue Texans are commonly used to refer to any H. carpintis/cyanoguttatum that is... you guessed it, blue. So it's a crappy designation that has no meaning really, especially when you consider the fact that Green Texans can shift between green and blue when they feel like it.

Red texans are hybrids of either a Cyano or Carp with something red, though hopefully everybody in this section of the forum knows that.

To answer OP's question though, Green Texas (H. carpintis), and looks male.