Which Cich Is This??? part 2! updated pics!

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Where did you buy it? What did you buy it as? As for my guess, 90% sure it is amphilophus of some kind. Could be a Tri mac (petsmart knock off)
 
Kinda even resembles the guy in the middle of this pic...

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Not saying they are the same fish. This guy has a lot of yellow on his chin, but patterns are quite similar..
 
i bought it as a red devil. Its in the first link i put up when i got the fish

LETS JUST CLEAR THE AIR ITS NO FESTAE AND ITS NOT A URO.

it might be a hybrid of some sort thats, what iam leaning on due to the fact that no one seems to be able to put a finger on it. But even that throws me off because i thought hybrids are usually fast growers, these guys havent been growing so fast.

So far i think its either:

-barred maidas
-the fish thats in the pic that South Coast Nelly posted
-the fish thats in the pics that Mad About Cichlids posted but i cant see this fishies body going yellow or i cant see any pearls on my fishes scalles?

Oh BTW guys this isnt a guessing game, i seriously dont know what fish this is my self, lol
 
If you all look closely at the snouth it's nothing like that of a Midas, it's more closely resemble that of a Vieja species.


Now that I think about it, it looks to have the overall shape like that of redshock type flowerhorns.
 
definitely not a red terror or Uro. I would say it's something in the vieja/perathraps sp. Possibly some type on amphilophus but I really don't know for sure. I am 100% positive of my first statement though.
 
well it has similar markings to ptchochromis oligacanthus ,or madagascar cichlid. but i dunno the tail colors are a bit diff,otherwise i would say it was crossbred w/ a jewel cichlid but i dunno if that is possible.gl finding out,be interesting to know tho
 
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