I would like to know if this is a true texas. Also what is the difference between the two.
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Which Texas cichlid is this
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Yours looks like a carpintis. The carpintis is from Mexico with a few different location varients. A true texas cichlid is from the Rio Grande drainage in Texas and Mexico. A true texas will have very small uniform pearling where as the carpintis will have larger more varied pearlings and also can have "worming" on it's face, I have a thread on here with a few pictures of mine. Yours looks a lot like my male - how large is yours currently? They are a very interesting fish and I really enjoy mine.
Very similar in size to mine, where is he from? I see your from NJ just curious if it was somewhere local.
I bought it at pv pets in pennsville Bj they have a lot of there all the time. They have some that look they have a black mask on.
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You have a Carpintis. The "true Texas", from what I understand, are Heirichthys Cyanoguttatum. Overall body shape is similar but markings are different. Heirichthys Carpintis are called "Green Texas" or "Pearlscale Cichlid" and there are variations such as Carpintis Vontehillo or Carpintis Escondido and a few others that are called "Super Green Texas". Here is a pic of my Carpintis Vontehillo.
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Here's a few more pics sorry for the glare. These are a little more updated
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Yours is a green texas.
The main difference is the pearlings.
A 'true' texas (Herichthys cyanoguttatum) has small, even circular pearlings, which also has an even distribution throughout the entire body. Generally their coloration isn't as bright as a green texan.
A green texas (Herichthys carpintis) has very irregular pearlings, in terms of shape, size and pattern. They won't look like spots but more well, irregular shapes of all sorts. Some specimens have wormings on their face, which are elongated shapes that well, look like worms. They are either green or blue, and alternates between these two colors freely. 'Super Green Texas' is a designation for specimens that are a lot more blue/green than the 'typical' specimens. These are usually (specimens breed from) specimens collected from Escondido (H. carpintis var. Escondido) or Vontehillo (H. carpintis var. Vontehillo). The Escondido varities tend to have very large pearlings, and also large spacing between the pearlings.
'Blue Texas' is used by some people, but has different meanings - some use it to refer to green texans, others use it to refer to 'true' texans, and then there are those who use it to refer to either Herichthys species, so long as it's blue. So this designation is useless, don't ever use it (and if someone sells a 'blue texas', ask for a picture to determine what the hell it really is).
A 'Red Texas' is a hybrid of either the 'true texas' or the green texas (or both actually) with a different species of cichlid or progeny there of that has a red coloration and pearlings. A 'Super Red Texas' is one with a deep red coloration, comparable to a Super Green Texan's green or blue.
The main difference is the pearlings.
A 'true' texas (Herichthys cyanoguttatum) has small, even circular pearlings, which also has an even distribution throughout the entire body. Generally their coloration isn't as bright as a green texan.
A green texas (Herichthys carpintis) has very irregular pearlings, in terms of shape, size and pattern. They won't look like spots but more well, irregular shapes of all sorts. Some specimens have wormings on their face, which are elongated shapes that well, look like worms. They are either green or blue, and alternates between these two colors freely. 'Super Green Texas' is a designation for specimens that are a lot more blue/green than the 'typical' specimens. These are usually (specimens breed from) specimens collected from Escondido (H. carpintis var. Escondido) or Vontehillo (H. carpintis var. Vontehillo). The Escondido varities tend to have very large pearlings, and also large spacing between the pearlings.
'Blue Texas' is used by some people, but has different meanings - some use it to refer to green texans, others use it to refer to 'true' texans, and then there are those who use it to refer to either Herichthys species, so long as it's blue. So this designation is useless, don't ever use it (and if someone sells a 'blue texas', ask for a picture to determine what the hell it really is).
A 'Red Texas' is a hybrid of either the 'true texas' or the green texas (or both actually) with a different species of cichlid or progeny there of that has a red coloration and pearlings. A 'Super Red Texas' is one with a deep red coloration, comparable to a Super Green Texan's green or blue.