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caz
05-19-2003, 7:42 PM
anyone got info on these? im not sure if the spelling is right, but thats how it sounds hehe :) thanx guys
NickH
05-19-2003, 8:41 PM
Do you mean Tilapia?
caz
05-19-2003, 8:44 PM
maybe. i know when they are little they have black stripes, and look alot like a convict, and as they get bigger they develop into a bluish color ?
NickH
05-19-2003, 8:46 PM
Are you talking about Tilapia Buttikoferi? It is a West African cichlid that grows to 15". A very agressive fish....
caz
05-19-2003, 8:47 PM
i dont think so. the lfs guy said they are new world, and only get about 5 inches or so
ChilDawg
05-19-2003, 8:47 PM
Something like this? http://www.cichlidfish.com/images/cichlids/tilapiabuttikoferi/19_04_buttiko.jpg
caz
05-19-2003, 8:51 PM
kinda a little different body shape though. what is that?
ChilDawg
05-19-2003, 8:52 PM
It's Tulija, and they get to be 8" by Conkel--Cichlasoma sp. "Tulipa", which is now a Theraps, I believe.
caz
05-19-2003, 8:53 PM
so there is a tulipa? i will get the exact name that they have for it tommorrow
ChilDawg
05-19-2003, 8:55 PM
No, it is tulija. It looks like a Vieja intermedium, from any pics that I can find.
ChilDawg
05-19-2003, 9:06 PM
The following fish are found in the Tulija River:

Amphilophus salvini
Archocentrus octofasciatus
Chuco intermedius
Paratheraps bifasciatus
Theraps caeruleus
Thorichthys socolofi

Of these, I am leaning toward three: Chuco intermedius, Paratheraps bifasciatus, or Theraps caeruleus...these were all in the Theraps grouping of the old Cichlasoma genus, and, since C. sp. "Tulija" was part of that grouping, I'd guess that it's one of those three.
caz
05-19-2003, 9:09 PM
thanx man, ill ask them tommorrow what the scientific name is tommorrow
ChilDawg
05-20-2003, 7:53 PM
So what are they, caz?