unknown baby

He definately has green terror in him. the lack of dots also suggests some other genes. Hence the convict.

What size is he?

This will help to devine when he was born. Becaue physicalls he has to be GT. He is either GT-Gt or GT-Convict per your description of yuor tank.

Can you get a sideways pic so we can better see the lack of spots and/or the dominate vertical bars of the convict on him.
 
yes i will try that...he is about 2 inches now. still much a baby. and he does have the stripes like the convict. thats why i got so confused...his face has markings like my green terror, but at the same time he has stripes...i will continue to try to get other pics up of him...thanks guys.
 
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IMO it looks like a green terror convict, bkuz thats what is in the tank currently and you can see the iridescent sheen to some of the scales espicially between his mouth and his eyes you can really make out the green dots. and from the pic from the side you can see some bars in the scales that hint convict. so i conclude that it is GT/convict hybrid.
 
It looks like a pure Green Terror to me. A female GT often has two white stripes on the body. Perhaps you forget that ther is another GT. I doubt that Convict can cross breed with a GT because GT is a SA species remotely related to any CA species. If indeed it is a Convict GT hybrid, then Convict has set the record for successfully cross breeding with Dampsey, Salvini, Red Devel, Blood Parrot, Jaquar, Texas . . . and here the first cross between SA and CA. Convict should be crowned the Playboy of American cichlids.
 
If I am not mistaken I believe that the con and the GT were the only large cichlids in this tank, correct? Also I have seen several Green Terrors and raised a 1" juvenile myself. I go to LFS all the time and look at cichlids. I have never seen a grey striped with green stripes on its face Green Terror, male or female. IMHO if this fish was a full blooded Green Terror, it would actually be green not grey. The main reason I can identify it as being a hybrid are the presence of the verticle stripes common in convicts and then then black spot in the middle of the abdomen common in all aequidens rivulatus. I hope he looks more attractive later on in life. :|
 
This little fellow is too young to be sure what breed anyway. We were all stating opinion here just based on what we saw.

Good luck with your new found fish :D
 
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