Identification??

[micaelaarnold]

I work at Petsmart and We Received this fish a few days ago as a "red Texas" and obviously it's not one. Any clue what it is?
Thank you ?


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[Tbox]

Amatitlania nigrofasciata, aka a Convict

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[Freakgecko91]

Looks to be a nigrofasciata hybrid, probably flowerhorn x convict. Either way that does not appear to be a naturally occurring species (not that a red Texas is either, but I digress)


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[Tbox]

For redundancy, I also thought it was a suspicious looking Convict.

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[Freakgecko91]

Unless it's possibly a young a. Hogaboomorum, although I doubt that being mistakenly sent in place for a red Texas lol


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[KingKoopa512]

Looks like a convict to me

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[Freakgecko91]

Looks like a convict to me

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No way that's a pure convict. Absolutely no way.


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[KingKoopa512]

Idk i ordered some convicts for someone and looked likenthose

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[Freakgecko91]

Idk i ordered some convicts for someone and looked likenthose

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I do know that that's not a convict. Convicts don't have a green head. The stripes aren't right, the head shape is off. Not a pure amatitlania nigrofasciata


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[KingKoopa512]

I do know that that's not a convict. Convicts don't have a green head. The stripes aren't right, the head shape is off. Not a pure amatitlania nigrofasciata


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Ok if thats not it then, what is it?? Imo convicts at work exactly like that but o well guees not. Wonder what it is then

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[HUKIT]

It's certainly a hybrid, the shape looks Amphilophus to me.

 

[micaelaarnold]

Ok if thats not it then, what is it?? Imo convicts at work exactly like that but o well guees not. Wonder what it is then

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I have gotten that it is a convict quite a bit and my manager says it is too but I agree the shape of the head is weird and it is quite large. We normally get convicts that are around 3 inches and this guy is well over 7.


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[Freakgecko91]

Ok if thats not it then, what is it?? Imo convicts at work exactly like that but o well guees not. Wonder what it is then

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Just as I said, likely a flowerhorn x convict hybrid, looks suspiciously like a hogaboomorum hybrid. Just as HUKIT stated, looks like an amphilophus hybrid. Just because a fish looks a little bit like a certain species doesn't mean you can ignore the differences. This is why hobbyists get so frustrated over the sale of hybrids. "It looks like this a bit, so let's call it this!".


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[KingKoopa512]

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