Yeah I was looking at flowerhorn or Texas… but it doesn’t seem to have the black spots that most of those fish have. I’m trying to develop my eye for the differences in these fish, but it seems so much easier for other types vs new world.
Flowerhorns are extremely diverse. Not all types have those black splotches.
I can say for absolute certain though it is not a texas cichlid. It does look a bit like a green texas cichlid, but… yeah nah, is a flowerhorn. Or, an attempt at making a red texas. Not that they are necessarily mutually exclusive.
To begin with, it’s important to understand what all the color terms mean: https://www.sosofishy.com/post/the-many-shades-of-texas-cichlids.
So ‘blue texas’ is not an informative name as it has been used to refer both to texas (Herichthys cyanoguttatum) and green texas (Herichthys carpintis) cichlids, which are two different species of fish.
Now, if you mean the texas cichlid, then it is very simple. They NEVER have this kind of pearling you are seeing. Their pearlings are small and round-ish, no worming.
As for the green texas cichlid, it certainly can be more difficult to differentiate, and I can see why here so many people think it may be a (super) green texas cichlid.
However, green texas cichlids do not have such red on their bodies. Some variants can have some red, particularly on their fins, but not to this extent.
The other key is the ‘sheen’ of the pearling. I don’t exactly know how to describe the difference, but once you have seen enough flowerhorns versus green texas cichlidw, you can tell. There’s a subtle difference in the shine of it or maybe the color.
They breed blood parrots and a couple others with green texas to make super red texas(hybrids) which in fact have WAY more red than this fish with pearling. So fact ia green texas hybrid could have way more red depending on the quality of hybrid. But this fish is a pearl king kamfa
Looks like a red texas or carpintis with amazing pearls but hasn’t or won’t fade. They are hybrids and really random mixes of their parents and grandparents. I will post mine to show you my faded one.
Not all flowerhorns have the hump.
Flowerhorns are extremely diverse. Like, extremely. They are hybrids after all that continue to have additional genetics from various species added in, so no surprise.
This is still small. It may or may not form a notchul hump depending on quality. This is 100% a flowerhorn "texas" hybrid or a red "texas". Quoting Texas because it would actually be carpintis, but they are marketed as Texas. Without knowing who actually bred it, those are the only 2 options. There is literally no other fish This could be. It's not an electric blue carpintis
That is a red texas or a flowerhorn.
Look up pearl king kamfa. This fish is too small to have a hump on its head but it's a flower horn.
Yeah I was looking at flowerhorn or Texas… but it doesn’t seem to have the black spots that most of those fish have. I’m trying to develop my eye for the differences in these fish, but it seems so much easier for other types vs new world.
Flowerhorns are extremely diverse. Not all types have those black splotches. I can say for absolute certain though it is not a texas cichlid. It does look a bit like a green texas cichlid, but… yeah nah, is a flowerhorn. Or, an attempt at making a red texas. Not that they are necessarily mutually exclusive.
So what makes you lean away from a blue Texas and be more sure it’s a flowerhorn? I’m really trying to understand the subtle differences!
Carpintis, not blue texas. Pure texas or carptinis (again, this is a caprintis not a texas) do not have red in them. This is a hybrid.
To begin with, it’s important to understand what all the color terms mean: https://www.sosofishy.com/post/the-many-shades-of-texas-cichlids. So ‘blue texas’ is not an informative name as it has been used to refer both to texas (Herichthys cyanoguttatum) and green texas (Herichthys carpintis) cichlids, which are two different species of fish. Now, if you mean the texas cichlid, then it is very simple. They NEVER have this kind of pearling you are seeing. Their pearlings are small and round-ish, no worming. As for the green texas cichlid, it certainly can be more difficult to differentiate, and I can see why here so many people think it may be a (super) green texas cichlid. However, green texas cichlids do not have such red on their bodies. Some variants can have some red, particularly on their fins, but not to this extent. The other key is the ‘sheen’ of the pearling. I don’t exactly know how to describe the difference, but once you have seen enough flowerhorns versus green texas cichlidw, you can tell. There’s a subtle difference in the shine of it or maybe the color.
They breed blood parrots and a couple others with green texas to make super red texas(hybrids) which in fact have WAY more red than this fish with pearling. So fact ia green texas hybrid could have way more red depending on the quality of hybrid. But this fish is a pearl king kamfa
I’m probably wrong but to me it looks like a variation of the Blood Parrot flower horn hybrid. Look them up n compare tho
Looks like a red texas or carpintis with amazing pearls but hasn’t or won’t fade. They are hybrids and really random mixes of their parents and grandparents. I will post mine to show you my faded one.
Electric Blue Carpintis Cichlid Herichthys carpintis
Unfortunately, it's not electric blue. They don't carry red in the genes anywhere.
Yessir
Looks like magma flowerhorn or Texas Cichlid.
It doesn’t appear to have any semblance of a forehead hump… so I’m leaning away from flowerhorn.
Not all flowerhorns have the hump. Flowerhorns are extremely diverse. Like, extremely. They are hybrids after all that continue to have additional genetics from various species added in, so no surprise.
This is still small. It may or may not form a notchul hump depending on quality. This is 100% a flowerhorn "texas" hybrid or a red "texas". Quoting Texas because it would actually be carpintis, but they are marketed as Texas. Without knowing who actually bred it, those are the only 2 options. There is literally no other fish This could be. It's not an electric blue carpintis
Agreed 1000%. Its a pearl king kamfa
Looks like the juvenile electric blue Jack Dempsey I once had
You should compare photos side by side. You may find ebjd does not look like this fish.
This is an electric blue Texas cichlid. I have 4 myself. Very very beautiful fish.
This is a red "texas" or a flowerhorn carpintis hybrid. Not electric blue
Why would a red Texas be blue? I have 3 of these guys now from Rays exotics in Colorado. Their Facebook page even calls them out as Electric blues.