Calling All Cichlid Lovers!

[bshockstubb]

Sorry for the bad pic but this fish is in my tank and I have no idea what it is!!!

 

[bshockstubb]

Heres another pic!

 

[bshockstubb]

He's a good 3-4 inches and is green with blue speckles on him....He is very aggresive and uh I got him in the colorado river, arizona, USA while scuba diving and shows up as no native fish.....then i read that a batch of cichlids were released there and they bred with the native bass? Could this be a new species of hybrid bass X cichlid?

 

[JoKeR]

hE LOOKS LIKE A BLUE GILL

 

[HeatherSweetness]

It sort of resembles a 'Warmouth',some people call it a 'goggle eye'. It's a hybrid cross between a bass and a bluegill. They're rather tasty.

 

[rollntider]

could he be a texas cichlid?

 

[freshmike]

*crushes crackers for breading, wisks eggs, heats up pan.....melts butter*



*drools*

 

[Synastic]

Most likey it is a bluegill, they are found on the westcoast. Very tasty fish, joins the mob and grabs a fork.

 

[HeatherSweetness]

*crushes crackers for breading, wisks eggs, heats up pan.....melts butter*

They're pretty darn good dipped in cornmeal,too.

 

[bshockstubb]

hehe, ya but no i dont think ill eat my pet?!!! He is not a blue gill though....theyb have a larger belly I thought it was a green sunfish or somekind of bass before I heard about the hybrid cichlids......I think those cichlids that breed with the bass were called banded cichlids?

 

[JoKeR]

I found out the name of that fish and its a

GREEN SUNFISH

 

[wuvmybetta]

this fish is in my tank and I have no idea what it is!!!

How on Earth did it get there then?

Is it a green terror? Any way you can get a brighter pic, it's really hard to see the markings

 

[bshockstubb]

Yea sorry it was my friends gigital camera and I never took pics of fish before well heres another brighter puicof the aquarium...you can only see hes face though.....

 

[buggyboutbettas]

Yikes! isn't it illegal to take fish ot of the wild and domesticate it? Or do you just need a license? hmmmm.......

 

[bshockstubb]

well i caught it in the local river wile scuba diving and thought it would be good in there....It has lived in there for over a year and eats flake s just like any other fish.