Need Help To Identify My New Geophagus

[Acipenser]

Today I was at a lfs they had this in a tank that said it was an angel fish I thought it was a surinamesis so I picked it up for $14 , they said they knew it was not an angel fish but was some kind of cichlid. lol.

 

[jb12288]

looks more to be a geophagus jurupari to me, but it could be a surinamamnsis

EDIT: since you now have an eartheater you might want to change your substrate to sand

 

[minxfishy]

Looks young surinamensis to me. What on earth were they doing labelling it an angel

 

[foley69]

looks like jurupari but hard to tell when soo young

 

[jb12288]

I would think it is a jurupari because the "speckles" if you like, are more horizontal and fewer with a silver/grey body, on the surinamensis has a more gold body and black "speckles" instead of gold. But we also have to keep in mind it is still a juvenile and will undergo various changes in its coloring.