Bocourti cichlid question

[stiker]

As mentioned, they are a member of the genus Cincelichthys. They are closely related to the genre Vieja, Oscura and Maskaheros.

The aggression of these genre is always underrated due to them being highly herbivorous. Members of Maskaheros and Vieja especially are notoriously aggressive and territorial (there are some exceptions and tank size plays a part) there are many accounts of Maskaheros killing many other fish including Parachromis and the much larger closely related C. Pearsei.

A large Bocourti while peaceful is territorial and won’t back down if another fish wants to challenge it. Given they have specialised teeth they have the potential to cause immense damage. Personally I wouldn’t keep them in any tank smaller than 300G long term.

Agree on all accounts
The pearsei in a low light tank with an algae covered back glass. Dark natural substrate with dark corners he can slumber in an out of .. oh yeah lol. believe.
I've never really looked into the red bay snook cause of their size. I love their look but they're unattainable for me. I have a 6 foot tank but think the snook would out grow one of them I beleieve.
I've often heard on fb that the red dovii is sometime a cross between them and regular dovii.
Wonder if there's any truth to that

If your aquarium is a 6x2x2 eventually it will be too small for Petenia Splendida. The are a highly piscivorous, relatively peaceful species (besides to each other fish. When spawning they can be ruthless, you wouldn’t expect their mouth to be able to cause much damage to other large fish but if they choose to do so they can. They also aren’t a species when being bullied by another fish to hide (like another Splendida), they stay out in the open. In the confines of a 6x2x2 rival males won’t have enough space to get out of each other’s territory and likely one will domaine the rest and the others will succumb to this.

I don’t have the red variant as I am personally not a fan, but here is an image of a green

 

[stiker]

That's the directioni was leaning. I just can't see a snook fairing well with a dovii?? Especially not trying to endure a spawn. I do love the look of that red bay though and I didn't realize they tolerated tankmates. That opens up a lot of ideas for future plans.

Unless your aquarium is very large 600G+ I would not keep P. Dovii and P. Splendida together. Keep in mind the jaw of Petenia can become dislodged and won’t go back into place resulting in the fish dying if they are constantly fighting

 

[Theos.dad]

Intex pools open up the possibilities

So while scrolling through those I found one thats clear so you can see the fish. Be a fun project have one and build the filtration.

Unless your aquarium is very large 600G+ I would not keep P. Dovii and P. Splendida together. Keep in mind the jaw of Petenia can become dislodged and won’t go back into place resulting in the fish dying if they are constantly fighting

Yeah I definitely have no Intentions of keeping any of them. I was just scrolling through puc of fish on Google Google noticed the snook had 3 different names depending what site you were on.

I believe the jaw issue you're talking about happens with some african haps as well. I've seen it to where they basically can't pull their lips back in after lip locking. very sad to see.
I appreciate you guys taking the time to educate.

 

[stiker]

So while scrolling through those I found one thats clear so you can see the fish. Be a fun project have one and build the filtration.

Yeah I definitely have no Intentions of keeping any of them. I was just scrolling through puc of fish on Google Google noticed the snook had 3 different names depending what site you were on.

I believe the jaw issue you're talking about happens with some african haps as well. I've seen it to where they basically can't pull their lips back in after lip locking. very sad to see.
I appreciate you guys taking the time to educate.

Yes it can happen with species that have a protrusible jaw. I have seen it a few times in Cyprichromis

 

[duanes]

I had a Petenia with a dislocated jaw, and was able to message it back into place with my thumb and forefinger.

As far as names go, its mostly, only, the genus that has changed.
Most new world cichlids were at one time Cichlasoma (when I started out in the hobby).
But scientists realized that was too lumpy (restrictive), so along came Vieja for pearsei and bocourtii, and cichlids now in Chuco (etc), based on dentition, and other physically visible differences.
Then DNA testing was able to isolate and break down relationships even further, voila...Cincelichthys Chuco, and Cribroheros etc.