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	Different species of Texas
ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004	I saw two species of the Texas cichlid at the Cichlid Central website. How do I know which one I have???? Here are the two I found: Pearlscale Texas Green Texas Last edited by ClownyGirl at 29-Nov-2005 13:25
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
freejoe Enthusiast Posts: 211 Kudos: 227 Votes: 756 Registered: 20-Aug-2003	How old and what size is your texas? there are several photos of each in that drop down menu under the photo that you gave if your texas is mature enough you should be able to tell, if it mostly blue it probably the pearl scale or if it is more on the green side it should be the green , pretty hard to tell on juvies if yours is a young one good luck Joe The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an bacon and egg breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004	Joe Mine is about 4 inches, and is a light blue in colour ATM, however, I wouldnt be surprised if he decides to turn green. Because he is skittish and new to the tank, his colours may be light temporarily. I am going to try and get a good picture of him (if he comes out of hiding) and post it.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i too had a simular fish, and from the photos i really cant see a difference and i too have no idea what type i had. i was looking on liveaquaria.com and in the pic the green texas was really the color green, which mines was not so i figured that it wasn't that, but it is hard for me to tell, b/c the pics are of two different sizes. fishes that is.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Jason_R_S Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001	if the fish are pure, the spots on a carpintis should be noticeably larger whereas a real texas has a lot more smaller spots. however, sometimes it can be difficult to tell unless you have specimens of each species next to each other. also, the green texas is the carpintis or the Pearlscale cichlid. the blue texas, or simply the texas cichlid, is the cyanoguttatus. Last edited by Jason_R_S at 30-Nov-2005 03:47
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004	Here are some pictures of my Texas. Hopefully this will make it easier to identify if he is a Pearlscale or the Texas Cichlid. Texas Cichlid
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02


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