Looks like cyanoguttus to me, but.....for decades aquarists considered Texas, and the misnomer "green Texas" variants of each other, while in reality are totally different species, and purposefully or ignorantly allowed them to hybridize, creating aquarium strains that have inter bred for decades. (and who knows how many other Herichthys were inadvertently thrown into that mutt mix)
And dumped them at LFSs, unlike RD, who responsibly culled them,
So trying to decide what you have from a photo, is a bit difficult, and in reality impossible.
If you know exactly which lagoon, which river, in Mexico, or Texas it came from, them you can be relatively certain of species.
The carpintus pic I posted above was sold as location "Chairel", the Escondida RD showed is another true location variant, mine was from a respected aquarist, so "maybe" it's real.
I remember when another poster in this thread (new world) offered cyananoguttatus, wild caught from a specific location in Texas(if I remember right).
To me anything from a LFS that only uses common names, nd/or unless specializes in authentic species cichlids, is IMO suspect.
I know to many this may seen anal, or unimportant.
To me, it is a make or break point in acquiring a fish.
duanes is this an H carpintus or maybe a hybrid?
