Geophagus Branchybranchus?

[brechtvh]

Hi Guys,

I bought this species as geopahgus branchybranchus, now i'm doubting, could someone pls help me out?

[Florent]

Difficult to be affirmative but it seems that they are G. dicrozoster, but those fish were called G. cf. brachybranchus before their description for example in Weidner's book

[brechtvh]

Hi,

Thanks for the response, but dicrozoster had the 'Y' band, no? And in the first picture, you can see clearly that they only have 5 straight bands.

[Florent]

G. brachybranchus have dots in the caudal fin, not stripes . G. sp Guyana/Rio branco alos have dots in caudal fin
http://www.geophagus.de/aqua_arten_g_br ... nchus.html

The Y bar of G. dicrozoster isn't always clearly visible but you are right, only the fish on the second picture look like G. dicrozoster

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3808

G. winemilleri have only 4 oblique bar

So I don't know the species of your fish. Try to get more picture in different mood

[brechtvh]

I will try to make some new photos, and post them here!

[zenins]

Beautiful

I love Geos