fishguts Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 has anybody seen fish going by either of these names in the shops.I recently bought a fish called a "Chocolate cichlid" which turned out to be C.Septemfasciatus....Now I need to find a female. If you have seen fish called either.... please let me know.This is the fish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_J Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 i know the lfs here in Taree had some , i need to go back and get a partner for mine... fantastic fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_J Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 i know the lfs here in Taree had some , i need to go back and get a partber for mine... fantastic fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Now that looks like a chocolate to me...But it looks nothing like my boy!C.Septemfasciatus are in the same family as Convicts.My one is very active. It has set up camp in a pile of rocks and it constantlyfaces off with the pair of C. Spirillum.I'm hoping that the company that sold the septem. to the shop that i bought mine from will have sold some to other shops somwhere and i can track some down and get a girl for mine. Keep your eye out for "strange looking chocolates" But you are right they are fantastic fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 This is what he looks like...here are a couple of photos i found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joller Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 awsome find, hope you can pair him up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat williamson Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 is that what they call a blue eye cichlid ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joller Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 nah, blue eyed cichlids are c. spirillum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod54 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Love cryptoherosThat is C septemfasciatusC sajicaI bought these as a blue morph of C sajica....but thought they were C spillurusHowever I have C spillurus with blue fins....these have red...so maybe another morphor could be C cutteri???C septemfasciatus are available from wholesalers from time to time....GOOD LUCK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Ive found a few more pictures of cryptoheros species....C. Nanoluteus. Or these .... C.Panamensis..(red fish below.).... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod54 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 When you find some....let me knowor these C spilurus "yojoa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 We can only dream and drool.......There seems to be a lot of spirullum around lately.lots of males but fewer females. I have a pair with fry now. Still you never know. We might see some of these species in the future.Nice photos BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod54 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 " Recent workers have proposed the splitting of Cryptoheros spiluruspopulations in more than one species " Original description as Heros spilurus: Günther, Albert C. L. G.. 1862. "Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum London. Vol 4; i-xxi + 1-534 (crc00035). Taxonomic history: Heros spilurus, Günther, 1862, original combination.Astronotus (Astronotus) spilurus, Eigenmann, 1893, new combination.Cichlasoma (Cichlasoma) spilurum, Jordan et al, 1896, new combination.Cichlasoma spilurum, Jordan et al, 1898, new combination.Astronotus spilurus, Eigenmann et al, 1903, new combination.Cichlasoma (Archocentrus) spilurum, Pellegrin, 1904, new combination.Cichlasoma spinosissimum var. immaculata, Pellegrin, 1904, junior synonym.Cichlosoma spilurum, Regan, 1905, name correction (unjustified enmendation).Archocentrus spilurus, Jordan et al, 1930, new combination.Cryptoheros spilurus, Allgayer, 2001, new combination.Current correct name for "blue eye" cichlid is Cryptoheros spilurus..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod54 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 The 2 images you posted from other sites...the top is C septemfasciatus ......the bottom is C myrneso....Your fish is most likely C septemfasciatus (or a hybrid?)head shape is a bit more pointed than Cryptos I have?Got any better photos of your fish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joller Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 i've never seen the C.Panamensis before, they're amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 have a look at these....Hondurus Red Pointsor these C.Altoflavusit would be interesting to know just which species we do have here???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod54 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I've been able to locateSajica(yellow morph)SeptemfasciatusSpilurus (blue fins)Spilurus (red fins)(cutteri???)Been looking for the rest....but no Luck Yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 do you think that the red fins are cutteri???I have just noticed that my pair have red fins.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod54 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I'm not sure"the Cichlid Room Companion" says there are several varieties of spilurus that may eventually be given new names? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 I found a list of all the species in the genus... Cryptoheros altoflavus Allgayer, 2001, PanamaCryptoheros chetumalensis Schmitter-Soto, 2007, Belize to the Yucatan Peninsula inMexicoCryptoheros cutteri Fowler, 1932, Atlantic side of Honduras to GuatemalaCryptoheros myrnae Loiselle, 1997, Atlantic side of Panama to Costa RicaCryptoheros nanoluteus Allgayer, 1994, PanamaCryptoheros panamensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1913, Atlantic side of PanamaT-bar cichlid, Cryptoheros sajica Bussing, 1974, Atlantic side of Costa RicaCryptoheros septemfasciatus Regan, 1908, Costa RicaCryptoheros spilurus Günther, 1862, Lake Izabal drainage in Guatemalagoogle some of these and see how cool they are.and these dont seem to have listed the convicts (C.Nigrofasciatus) and the white variant...Female Female Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joller Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 convicts were moved to amatitliana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E4G13M4N Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I didnt think there was any of these left in Australia everytime i have seen septemfasciatus advertised by wholesalers, temperalis are what turned up ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 "convicts were moved to amatitliana"well there you go....I didn't know that. That would be why.Apparently this happened on 24th Sept. 2005.I bet you didn't know that. (I love cichlid room companion) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 I didnt think there was any of these left in Australia everytime i have seen septemfasciatus advertised by wholesalers, temperalis are what turned up ?????now you can see how these things can occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joller Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 "convicts were moved to amatitliana"well there you go....I didn't know that. That would be why.Apparently this happened on 24th Sept. 2005.I bet you didn't know that. (I love cichlid room companion)haha fishguts, that was 2 days before my 17th birthday, i bet you didn't know that.whats that? joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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