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What type of cichlid did I see?

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2K views 11 replies 6 participants last post by  fish042099 
#1 ·
I saw what I'm pretty certain were cichlids in a LFS the other day. I think they were young, as they were only about and inch and a half long. They were medium to dark brown with black spots. Any idea what these might have been?
 
#3 ·
Wish I HAD gotten pictures. The clerk was busy with someone else, so I couldn't ask, and then forgot when I was leaving. I thought maybe you'd have an idea from their color.
 
#5 ·
Just looked up Jaguar cichlids, and the coloring is wrong (unless its quite a bit different in young fish). The jaguars look to be a lighter brown with black spots. These fish were a lot darker brown.
 
#7 ·
Looks like none of them would go well in a community tank anyway. I just thought they were neat looking, but suspected they'd get much larger. Thanks for going to all the trouble to look them all up, Fishyfish!
 
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#9 ·
Totally impossible to say without pictures.
 
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Nope, not that one either, Moneymitch. The colors are reversed. These have a dark background with lighter spots. The ones I saw had a lighter background with black spots. Oh well, maybe I'll never know, as I won't be going back to that LFS for a while. Thanks to all of you for trying to solve the mystery!
 
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