I love these topics, so many minds at work and so many possibilities. Part of the fun of unidentified Hybrids!
What might I be?
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I agree with Paintsn, it looks like a really nice barred midas, I don't think it is a hybrid at all
Jason_S;624047; said:all barred Amphilophus midas types have completely vertical bars with none of them intersecting. convicts have a similar Y bar behind the head similar to that of a festae. you can see that similar Y bar on the fish here in question. IMO, that fish is much more likely a full grown male convict than it is an Amphilophus anything (unless hybrid with convict). the only reason I suggested convict/midas hybrid in my first post is because of the odd coloration, though I used to have a juvie convict with similar color. my convict grew out of the odd color though and when it got larger had the same color as a typical striped convict.
juvie barred midas. Which exactly don't know, same amount of strips as the one in the first picture and as you can almost clearly see the y shape apearing.
It's a barred midas, which kind extactly is going to be very hard to find out.
bigsmooth;626571; said:How many different types of barred midas are out there?
no clue. if this is what this fish is, then this will be my first. seems to be alot of mixed opinions. so thanx everyone for the input.
are you sure its a dude? maybe female cause all the fish that are suspect of it being or being mixed with grow heads as males? I can see midas con aswell but who knows? lolfishfreak317;622913; said:so should i try to breed this dude? or wait to see how big he gets? or if he changes.
I htink i might have the anser. you said it sometimes turns completly black. when it does, does it look something like this? http://www.gcca.net/fom/Archocentrus_centrarchus.htm
It looks like a dull convict, when not black, somewhat like yours. It is of the same genus of a convict and they breed together, and a A. centrarchus breeding with a reg. con, especially a dull when, would produce offspring somewhat like u have. give me a coulple minutes and i'll find there regular color
It looks like a dull convict, when not black, somewhat like yours. It is of the same genus of a convict and they breed together, and a A. centrarchus breeding with a reg. con, especially a dull when, would produce offspring somewhat like u have. give me a coulple minutes and i'll find there regular color
These are of low quality pure breeds of it, but diluted with a convict, it is duller like yours
http://atlas.drpez.org/Archocentrus-centrarchus-fotos
http://atlas.drpez.org/Archocentrus-centrarchus-fotos
lancerlot;624893; said:
juvie barred midas. Which exactly don't know, same amount of strips as the one in the first picture and as you can almost clearly see the y shape apearing.
It's a barred midas, which kind extactly is going to be very hard to find out.
the only reason those bars appear to intersect is because the fish is still small. look at the other pics of larger barred midas and you will see that the first bar is curved somewhat but they don't intersect. as the fish you've posted gets bigger there will be some distance (and no intersection) between those first 2 bars.
mudskipper;627469; said:
I've kept A. centrarchus and their body shape is different enough from this mystery fish that it can be ruled out.
this fish definitely has convict in it and most likely it is a pure male con with an odd coloration. body shape of a con and barred midas is different enough to be able to distinguish the 2...especially if you've been fortunate enough to keep/see large male cons and large barred midas.
