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any other ideas with the new pictures?

heres a couple more pics

he doesnt look like this alot, i just happened to have my camera in my hand when i went to feed them

again he has only looked like this a few times, im not sure if htis is him colored up, or stressed

Last edited by fishyhelper288 at 05-Jan-2006 15:15

Could be a hybrid of a green terror and a blue acara!? Really doesnt look too much like the earth eaters, mouth isnt turned down enough I dont think... anyone else?

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any other ideas

i went back tyesterday to see if the other one was there, but he wasnt oh well, i bought 5 live plants insted

WOW i love that apisto pictured

well there is one more down to walmrt, and i just HAVE to have it, so i will call up my friend and have her pick it up for me, if she doesnt well, she isnt getting her super fishy present

i cant wait till it grows

While I have severe doubts that Wal-Mart is dealing in unusual Apistogramma species, your fish does bear at least a passing resemblance to a female Apistogramma juruensis "Nanay" ... the right hand photo of the two featured on this page.

It was the single central body spot and faint banding that foxed me, having originally toyed with the idea that it was whatever fish was labelled Apistogramma pertense in the old Innes book (its name is almost certainly something different now). I suspect your fish is NOT this rare Apisto, but so far I can't find anything else that even remotely resembles it ... the Apisto on that page has the eye stripe and the central body spot, and also possesses very dark first hard dorsal rays - which, your fish appears to as well, which is one of the features that led me to think 'Apisto' in the first place.

However, given that there are now 30-plus valid recognised Apistogramma species, plus a whole brace of undescribed ones and fishes with dubious trade names, and my search hasn't been exhaustive, chances are someone will find a commoner species that matches your little Cichlid. Whatever it it, it looks quite cute, and I just hope it doesn't turn out to be something big and bad tempered when it grows up!


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what about Acarichthys heckelii("Threadfin Acara" ) ?
Just a thought.

Last edited by stuff_gnome at 24-Dec-2005 23:01

That's one of the reasons I mention curviceps. I don't think Walmart is importing wild stock, so it's probably something fairly common that got in the wrong tank at the distributors.

Definitely not a curviceps. I have seen plenty of young ones- None had the eye stripe, and their coloration and patterning were different than this fish's. Honestly, I'm not sure what it is. Wal-Mart isn't known for a huge selection of fish, so I would guess that whatever it is would be somewhat common.

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I'd guess something like a keyhole cichlid or Laetacara curviceps. The eye stripe isn't normal in an adult curviceps, but I'm not sure about a juvenile. The eye stripe is found in a lot of young fish. The shape looks curviceps to me.

how big do you think he will get? like whats the minimum size, and the maximum just want to be sure it will fit in a 55 gallon possibly with a buddy

wasnt saying he was a ram, his body shape is all wrong for that i was just saying that he has the eye hting going on he is getting braver though

Oh...er...nvm then

Well anyway he DOES look like an eartheater but you'll probably just have to keep an eye on him til he is a little bigger.

ok he is quite small as of now, but is about 3/4 of an inch long, and has lots of black and grey stripes, and 1 spot on each side, he has bigish eyes, and a large mouth


any slight ideas

maybe a young convict? or severum.

A good photo would certainly be a help to identify it for you.

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oh, i looked at him when he wasnt stressed, and the stripes are less visible, but he does have an eye patch like a ram i cant get pics untill i get a card for the camera, i think we are getting one today, i guess i will have to see

I will throw my guess for a Green Terror or a Blue Acara.

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