THORICHTHYS

[MEPHISTOCICHLIDS]

Some photos of this fascinating species of the genus.

Thorichthys affinis









Thorichthys auerus







Thorichthys ellioti











Big ellioti : 17cm



Thorichtys meeki : big meeki 18cm






Thorichthys pasionis









pair

[RobinH]

Very nice pictures..

[Adrian Indermaur]

Awesome pics....! What cam and lens are you using?

Greets Adrain

[Meeki67]

For Aureus, Are you sure ? .... Where they come from ???

Mine look like this :


Breeding color

And this form now deasepeared in Europe imported by JC Nourissat :


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[MEPHISTOCICHLIDS]

I hope so. According to what I have are from Honduras - Rio Motagua.

Those from jean claude are beautiful, you have one? And they multiply?

[Meeki67]

I found Aureus from JCN at the end of the chain .... Then no reproduction and I think it's finished in Europe.

Somebody has to return to lake Isabal to collect new ...

[Lee Nuttall]

I found Aureus from JCN at the end of the chain .... Then no reproduction and I think it's finished in Europe.

Somebody has to return to lake Isabal to collect new ...

We have a large group of wild caughts T. aureus in the UK from a German source and also F2, (probably) Rio Copan, Honduras population doing the rounds. Many that come in offered for sale get mixed up and turn out to be T. maculipinnis!

[MEPHISTOCICHLIDS]

I found Aureus from JCN at the end of the chain .... Then no reproduction and I think it's finished in Europe.

Somebody has to return to lake Isabal to collect new ...

We have a large group of wild caughts T. aureus in the UK from a German source and also F2, (probably) Rio Copan, Honduras population doing the rounds. Many that come in offered for sale get mixed up and turn out to be T. maculipinnis!

Lee , and In your opinion, it is a form of Ellioti (maculipinis), or it is some form of auerus. Do you have photos of the Wf auerus, so if you could not put it here?

[chc]

Terrific post. Love the photos!

Where are the meek from?

[smitty]

You guys posted some very nice photos.

[michal]

Thorichthys is a genus of cichlids from Central America. They have somewhat pointy heads and stripes down their body, and tend to inhabit slow-moving or ...

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Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXS3BhSE ... kQ&index=1