Can anyone ID this cichlid

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I recently purchased from an online store what I thought was a salvini cichlid, however instead of the nice bright yellow of a salvini this fish appears a light brownish colour. Can anyone help and let me know what kind of fish this is, whether a salvini or not. Thanks for any assistance, apologise if a little blurry, it's hard to get them sitting still
 

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It's not a salvini. Maybe a hybrid with managuense or something new.

You might be able to do an image search on google.
 
It's not a salvini. Maybe a hybrid with managuense or something new.

You might be able to do an image search on google.
Thanks I thought it wasn't, bit annoyed as it obviously wasn't what I wanted and I'd bought a convict which was supposed to be 7cm and was more like 3cm when it came. More concerned due its size whether it will survive as I have a 4/5inch green terror in there. There's plenty of hiding spots so hopefully he survive long enough to grow a bit. Tried to reverse search but it didn't result in anything that looked like it. Thanks again
 
Need to find a central American cichlid group and see if they can ID it. But if it's a hybrid, you won't have much luck.
 
I recently purchased from an online store what I thought was a salvini cichlid, however instead of the nice bright yellow of a salvini this fish appears a light brownish colour. Can anyone help and let me know what kind of fish this is, whether a salvini or not. Thanks for any assistance, apologise if a little blurry, it's hard to get them sitting still
It looks kind of like a Chocolate Cichlid or Umbee Cichlid?
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So I joined some cichlid groups on Facebook and a few reckon it's a juvenile vieja zonatus. It'll grow to be around 12-13inch and change colour as it gets older
 

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