What type of geo. is this???

[Elias]

[Florent]

Maybe Geophagus abalios

[fishboy20]

Do you know a location on the fish? That would certainly limit the number of species it could be. If this fish has a black mark on the lower part of the anterior operculum, it could be G. abalios. From your photos however I am not seeing that marking. I can pretty well rule out G. altifrons as this species usually has a small spot on the lateral portion of the body where your fish has a somewhat larger one. G. altifrons usually also has a spotted caudal fin, making it an easier species to ID. Perhaps you can give us more information on the fish as to where it came from (you may have to contact the person(s) you bought it from to see where it was possibily collected, not always that easy either). Good luck and keep us updated!

~Jeremy Basch
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[Geophagus Fiend]

Was it purchased as a G. surinamensis? If so, that probably rules out anything terribly rare...although you never know.
Also, how big is the fish? Looks to be maybe 2-3 inches at most...but sometimes patterns change as they age, which could effect the ID.

[Marko Lenac]

to small to tell.

[Ken Davis]

Looks like surinamensis to me. Ken

[Florent]

G. abalios don't have black mark on the lower part of operculum and have strip like divised in two so that's why I say G. abalios.

In France most of Geophagus import from Columbia are sold under the name of G. surinamensis and they are G. dicrozoster (yours isn't this species)) or G. abalios.

[Fabien]

I agree with Florent, the repartition area of the real G. surinamensis have been restricted to a limited area of Surinam and French Guyana.

The real G. surinamensis don't have his vertical stripes splitted like Elias'one. I attach a pics of a young G. surinamensis from Maroni River in French Guyana.

[Elias]

It was sold to me as a daemon...but I knew thats not what it was, but I figured it was a nice geo. and maybe I would luck out with a nice fish. Do you guys think its a tapajo, it looks just like one without the red face, which I hear comes later.

[Florent]

Young Geophagus sp Tapajos, caudal fin and banding is different from your fish.

Geophagus sp Aeroes have also stripes split in two



But if you buy this fish under the name Satanoperca daemon , logically the fish came from Colombia or Venezuela so it's more likely a Geophagus abalios in my mind.

[fishboy20]

After re-reading the information on G. abalios, there is no way the fish I have are G. abalios as they have the operculum spot. Supposedly they came from the same area so I almost would assume that I have G. dicrozoster now. Sry for my mistake there. Now I just have to wait and see if I have G. argyrostictus mixed in with 3 G. altifrons :~)

~Jeremy Basch