Please help me indentify this fish

[tys91]

hey guys i bought 10 frey babys of these parents
the owner who sold me them said the parents are parrot cichlids? But look nothing like them , he said there a malawi cichlid which is african ? But parrot cichlids are american? Really confused, i dont think he knows himself what they are

Heres a picture

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[Ballinxalex]

Looks like a South American to me

[R_sustaita]

Maybe a flowerhorn, they do have a oarrot parent. A better pic would be better to clarify the species!

[KhmerStyle]

Not a parrot for sure take more pitcures of the fishes so we can better identify

[Cstan216]

Need more pics.

[tys91]

sorry guys
heres some more

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these are the only pics i can get , i have the fry of these parents with me now

[moganman]

Definitely not parrot.

[R_sustaita]

and not a flowerhorn either. it kind of has a head like a geo but not the body of one. that orange looking body is kind of cool tho.

[KhmerStyle]

For sure some kind of hybrid never seen it before but I'm guessing someone was trying to make a flowerhorn maybe a cross with a red jewel and a geo

[tys91]

ok thanks for the fast reply guys

could it be a hypsophrys nicaraguensis ,

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Blood parrot fish ( man made )


source http://cichlidresearch.com/parrot.html

[SunnyHouTX]

Looks indeed like it's the OG parrot. Good work Tys

[R_sustaita]

dang it, they look nice. now i want one.

[moganman]

Oh I see. Well, it's a better looking fish than the Parrot Fish I was thinking. Very nice.

[Darbex]

If those colors are juvi colors and it gets to look like the green fish in the link then its not as nice IMO. You should post this on our fish profiles section.

[prostreet69camaro]

Yes they are nicaraguensis. I have a male and 2 female w/ about 30 fry. If anyone wants some I will sell the fry. They are about 1" long. All the fry has a strip down the side.
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