We got this fish from the pet store nearly a year ago now. We were trying to get a convict cichlid but recently we got some full blooded convict cichlids and really realized how different it was. We are figuring it's a hybrid. Any guesses as to the other species? Its lived with a female convict and an oscar for the year we have had it so we just figured that's how the males look. He does get the dark convict stripes when he gets upset or territorial.