Which Parachromis did I score?

[Crazy mike]

Visited my LFS and saw these guys in one of the tanks. The label said RTM but they kinda look like freddies to me. Anyone have any idea which species they may be?

 

[Frank Castle]

i think the Loiselle's are the ones w/ the more solid black stripe while the Friedrichsthal's have more of a broken--stripe w/ spaces and gaps in it. Hard to tell when they are young, but they could be female Motagua.

Best to grow them out a bit 1st then re-post newer pix in the future

 

[phineasborg]

think they are loisellei

 

[isde02]

Looks like loisellei to me

 

[cichlidfish]

I agree on the loisellei. They look nice too.

 

[Covetous]

I cant really tell the difference between friedrichsthalii and Loisellei at small sizes. But their both pretty cool fish. Nice score!

 

[mr cichlid]

I have had many aggressive fish and found certain parachromis species can have melow brother/sister to a wicked mean sibling. On the other hand every loiselle female I have ever owned if psycho mean. I have never seen a calm female loiselle...has anyone?

 

[Crazy mike]

Here's an in tank shot of the biggest one

 

[mr cichlid]

Shape looks rtm to me. But it is difficult at the size and many people inter-breed species making it more difficult

 

[isde02]

I have had many aggressive fish and found certain parachromis species can have melow brother/sister to a wicked mean sibling. On the other hand every loiselle female I have ever owned if psycho mean. I have never seen a calm female loiselle...has anyone?

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Yes I've had two both were calm including my current one