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What is this Fish
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:51 am
by Stan Wright
This week we caught several of these dark purple fish while going for red devils. I've seen white Red Devils .... orange ones.... orange/white ones..... orange/white/black ones.... but never a dark purple Red Devil.
It looks like a red devil... except for the color...
But I've never caught a red devil this color before.
Is it just a red devil of another color or something else.???
Now this is a "Red" Devil.
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:59 am
by roadwarriorsvt
I'm guessing maybe a hybrid red devil/bass? That stil doesn't account for the purple color though....
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:58 pm
by Ken
Hey Stan,
Check out this website...
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/
My guess...maybe a Amphilophus hogaboomorum? It's a close relative of the red devil.
Or maybe a barred Midas (Amphilophus citrinellus)?
If I have time, I would browse through all of them and help you ID it...but since I have 3 weeks left until I go on vacation, I gotta finish some work...so you're on you own this time
my guess as to the type of fish
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:07 pm
by kayakfisher
My guess would be that it is a frontosa cichlid. There are several color variations, and they are very popular fish to keep. The most common is black and white, but I have seen several that are more red but not exactly like the one in the picture.
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:56 pm
by Lrry93
It is a barred Midas cichlid. A very close relative to the red devil and they can cross breed
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:58 pm
by Stan Wright
We caught another one today on a crank bait over by Quanset Hut.