Having my doubts please help ID

[Harley]

Hi I purchased this cichlid at a pet store as a Uaru ($25.99) it is about 1.5 to 2 inches in size. Cant tell you how long I been trying to get my hands on a Uaru wanted more than one but when I saw this one and it was labeled Uaru I didn't hesitate, that may have been my first mistake but hopefully not. Any way the reason that I am having doubt is because of the blue eyes and the blue developing on the underside of the cichlid. I have not seen any pics of Uaru displaying this color, so am I right its not a Uaru or am i mistaken and it is? Thank you so much for any help. Hope the pics are good enough to help, he wouldn't sit still...lol

 

[jonclark96]

It is not an Uaru. Looks like a female cutteri to me.

 

[Freakgecko]

Yeah, definitely not a Uaru. Agreed, looks like an amatitlania or cryptoheros species from Central America.

Also a heads up that Uaru can be quite difficult, typically requiring pretty pristine conditions. The fish you have there will be MUCH more forgiving on tank parameters and such

 

[Triviashi_Maru]

If anyone is looking for Uaru, Go Fish in Baltimore had a large spawn last year and they're selling them way bellow going prices. When they re-open, that is.

 

[Harley]

thanks but i figured it out Archocentrus spilurum is a Central American fish species commonly referred to as the Blue-Eye cichlid

 

[jonclark96]

thanks but i figured it out Archocentrus spilurum is a Central American fish species commonly referred to as the Blue-Eye cichlid

Spilurum aren't very common in the hobby, and the ones that I kept many years ago were more of a steel gray color. The yellow/gold hue on your fish is much closer to cutteri, which is much more common.

 

[Freakgecko]

Spilurum aren't very common in the hobby, and the ones that I kept many years ago were more of a steel gray color. The yellow/gold hue on your fish is much closer to cutteri, which is much more common.

I’m thinking Sajica. Bands aren’t defined enough and clean enough for cutteri IMO

 

[jonclark96]

You may be right on sajica. It's been a while since i kept them, but now that you say it, I tend to agree. Definitely not spilurum.