Texas or Carpinte? - pic

[cichlid_guy]

ok, well i have a pic of my "texas" i would like to know if its a Texas or a Carpinte.

i have heard they are mixed up alot. and LFS sell both under the Texas name.

I hope this is a good pic for the ID.

Scottie
Cichlid_Guy

[rus]

i'm going with texas.

[Mr.Jingles]

I am in no way qualified to answer your question, so I will just give you the benifit of knowing I read your post and looked at the picture wondering "Whats a Carpinte?"

[Monglor]

Thats definately a Texas cichlid. I've been keeping both Texas cihlids (H. cyanoguttatus) and the Green Texas cichlid (H. carpinte) for over 15 years.

[Jurupari Man]

Agreed. Looks like a cyano to me.

[cichlid_guy]

thanks everyone!!!

scottie

[qieter]

if thats a texas, then how does a green texas look like? How bout Blue Texas is this the same as green texas?? thanx

vic

[Cypherman]

That is a cyano. Green texans have larger spots than normal texas cichlids.

[Monglor]

Originally posted by qieter
if thats a texas, then how does a green texas look like? How bout Blue Texas is this the same as green texas?? thanx

vic

Blue Texas is same as Green. Both are carpinte.

[ScottoMacD]

Here are a few pictures of my 4 inch Carpinte. I just took these 5 minutes ago. This fish loves the camera. While the other fish in the tank all take off to the other end. This guy poses????

Fiesty little bugger. I love to just sit and watch him. He's always up to some sort of trouble.



http://images2.fotki.com/v15/free/6a59/4/40301/79213/MVC001S-vi.jpg?1042397463

http://images2.fotki.com/v15/free/6a59/4/40301/79213/MVC002S-vi.jpg?1042397485

http://images2.fotki.com/v15/free/6a59/4/40301/79213/MVC009S-vi.jpg?1042397505

http://images2.fotki.com/v15/free/6a59/4/40301/79213/MVC008S-vi.jpg?1042397521

http://images2.fotki.com/v15/free/6a59/4/40301/79213/MVC011S-vi.jpg?1042397540

[Jurupari Man]

Actually, it looks like you've got a cyano too (not a carpinte).