Oscar, Different type? Please help identify.

[mathmtl]

Hi,

Can you help me identify that oscar?
I guest that their must be different type of oscars, or is it just different coloration/pattern?

He is originating from Brazil.

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1616&pictureid=13772

Thank You

[D. Hedington]

it just seems to be a wild oscar, though i have seen fish like this sold as jamaican chocolate oscars.

[excuzzzeme]

Different coloration. Looks more closely colored to an F0 than a tank bred and raised. Could be F1. If he is coming from Brazil it is a very real possibility.

[67chevelle]

It looks like a wild Oscar to me.The different colors you see in the ones in pet stores are from selective breeding.There really are not different types of Oscars,just different colors.

[mathmtl]

Ok, thank you.

You are right, it was wild caught in Lago Serra da mesa, Goias, Brazil

Could not be more wild than that, the little bugger bites my lure while i was fishing for tucunare (peacock bass).

Don't worry he got back in the water in good shape, even tho i would have like to bring it back home and keep im in a tank...

[ibr3ak]

Kinda hard to see when it's out of water, but are there any bars on him?

Could be a xingu oscar, astronotus crassipinnis.

[esparonisproud]

could have been a crassipinis thts true! tbut theyr not really different just slightly smaller than ocellatus. i would have kept that thing!

[mathmtl]

Didn't see any bars, but maybe their was? he was pretty slimy and i didn't want to manipulate him too much as that "slime" protect them.
He was about 12inch long. I would have loved to keep him but that was impossible, still in Brazil for 3 weeks and not sure about a fish in my carry on luggage, hehe maybe if i could have make him fit in a 100ml liquid container...

[SubRosa]

could have been a crassipinis thts true! tbut theyr not really different just slightly smaller than ocellatus. i would have kept that thing!
If they rate their own species they are indeed different. Otherwise they'd be categorized as a race of ocellatus.

[MadAboutCichlid]

That's a sweet looking Oscar.


I'm going with it's a different specie from the common Oscars. You can see the spots on the gills and body.