Geophagus Identification.

[MMM... fish]

I have identified this species Geophagus as Geophagus Surinamensis. It has not coloured up as yet so is hard to identify.
It was ordered in as Geophagus sp Rio negro ( now described as geophagus Gottwaldi). This species does not look like geophagus gottwaldi due to the lack of infraorbital stripe.
I do beleive this is variety of the Surinamensis.
Can anyone confirm?

Many thanks.

 

[wendywc]

dunno

Dangit... I want a cookie now!

 

[MMM... fish]

Shall i eat my cookies now?

Shall i eat my cookies now?

 

[RadaR]

Looks like Geophagus abalios to me, but I'm by no means an expert on fish ID.

 

[MMM... fish]

I doubt its an abalios.
thinking about it, it doesnt look like a surinamensis either. Silly me.

I think this species is refered to as Geophagus sp Rio des Mortes.
Anyone know if this species was descibed?
If so, what it was described as?
Thanks.

 

[RadaR]

Geophagus argyrostictus

And your's.

Your's doesn't seem to have the black mark, yet you can see where it would be.

 

[MMM... fish]

This is a geophagus Argyrosticus.
many species are undescribed, but i do beleive mine to be Geo.sp Rio Mortes.
Many thanks anyways.

 

[severum boy]

How big is yours at the moment?
You probably wont get a specific ID, the with all the new species of Geophagus being discovered, many are not described. I would keep an eye on a few sites to see if one like yours pops up, but dont take it as read that the photo of the fish and the name attached to it are the same, most of the time you will find exactly the same fish given different names of different sites.
I have found a photo of a G. proximus that has the same "missing dot" as yours has (as Fred so rightly pointed out), and from what I can see by your photo, it does look like a proximus to me. But your fish also looks like a G. surinamensis as well, so who knows what it is?
I would wait for a month until it is fully settled, then put some more photos on here.
Hope this helps.

 

[MMM... fish]

If its a proximus, Ill eat my foot.

The missing dot is puerly due to stress.
I have identified it as Geophagus sp Rio Mortes.
The proximus has much more red to it.
All i wanted really to know was if it had been described offcially as yet...
thanks Anyways mate.