whats this kinda fish. who knows

[bigriver]

yep.. its the one and only firecon! nice looking fish if you like the mix.

 

[fishfreak317]

so what you are saying is, that this fish and 4 others were collected somewhere near the mexican/american border about 10years ago.

so that would make this to me a "natural" hybrid... becasue this fish no doubt appears to be a hybrid. however, i am not that well orientated with thorichtys species, other then the Fire Mouth "Meeki." so i cannot say there isn't a thorichtys species that looks like this.

if you don't mind, please ask your friend to provide a geographical location of where he collected them.

 

[killerfish]

there isn't a thorichtys that looks quite like fish hybridize in the wild all the time

 

[ciciwan]

i cant help it,,he catched them by hisself
its not mixed up by people

 

[cookiemonster]

I believe Thorichthys pasionis sometimes shows some black coloring where meeki shows red, but the fish you posted pictures of does not look pasionis to me. Here is a link with pictures of pasionis:

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/cichlid_of_month/Thorichthys_pasionis.html

 

[jmac510]

near mexican border,,he was on travel in central amerca,,im gonna ask him what river it was
it is a thorichtys,,
first time ive seen it i was thinking thorichtys meeki x archocentrus nigrofasciatus..but there not spawning with eachother?

which mexican border?
because i dont think you would find these fish on the mexican/american border

 

[topoftheline77]

It looks like a hybrid to me. But I'm no expert. Whatever it is, it's beautiful!

 

[ciciwan]

which mexican border?
because i dont think you would find these fish on the mexican/american border

U dont think? doesnt matter,,he did find them there....and eeh where is the meeki coming from then,,originaly??guatamala,,mexico(yucatan)..and like i said in the begin,,he was on travel in central america..and thats big he,so where he exactly find them i dont know, but i will ask him as soon as i see him

 

[ciciwan]

which mexican border?
because i dont think you would find these fish on the mexican/american border

where did i say mexican/american border?
ive said mexican border

so i think its more the mexican /guatamala /belize border..
ofcourse u cant find them near the american/mexican border,,,can find carpintes,cyanoguttatus there(texascichlid), but no thorichtys meeki,affinis,aureus,helleri,pasionis,callalepis,ellioti,or socolofi

 

[mbunafishkeeper]

this thread is pointless......

we all think its a hybrid. so why cant you agree with us, so what if its wild????? maybe they have wild hybrids who knows. but what i am sure of is that. the picture you posted is a HYBRID