wierd rescued cichlid what the?

[rockinfour]

got myself a rescue fist yesterday. they told me it was a gold severum. needless to say it's not. it's about6-7 inches now. brownish on top whitish on bottom with a bent line from head to tail. with a spot in the middle and on the tail. the fins are orangish. maybe someone out there can recognize this fish? i'd like to give it the best home i can. thanks everyone.

 

[HPIZZLE]

brown ahcara?

 

[rockinfour]

thanks for the info. i can't find any info about br. ahcara online. is that the whole name? regards, r

 

[follen]

brown acara related to green terrors and blue acaras.

 

[djarmstrong]

Brown Acara , also gets called a Port Acara , cool fish i have 1 myself . Dont get to big but a good size to go in with most other Cichlids .

Was thinking on getting a couple more along with a Blue too .

 

[darth pike]

It's one of the port cichlids (Cichlasoma) ... and I would say it's one of the northern clade. It is most likely a black port (Cichlasoma bumaculatum) but could also be C. orinocense. It's one of the two due to the four anal spines.

 

[rockinfour]

thank you very much folks.

 

[dirtyblacksocks]

Rare fish you've got there, they used to be all over the place - haven't seen them for sale in years

 

[mbunabum]

If you want to "compare notes" - I picked up one last July in CT... it was just named as an "aquidens" - I asked for ID help here:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162676

Looks alot like mine! Mine turned out to be a nice find! Yours will too!