I bought 4 dwarf chanchitos today at my local pet store. he also gave me there real name australoheros oblonga. he told me that these fish are very rare. i just want to learn more about them. if anybody can help me out please do. pictures of the fish wont help because they are still babys. i also found another name for them call cichlasoma oblonga
dwarf chanchito cichlid
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They should be called Australoheros sp. 'oblongum' ... mostly becuase they haven't been scientifically described yet. They might be just a color form of the common chanchito or might be a new species. I don't think they've been found in the wild recently, which complicates things.
Beautiful fish in breeding dress, they stay small .. in the 4"-5" range for males, females smaller. Do well with a cool down period like all Australoheros species. There isn't much info out there on them becuase they are deffinately uncommon.
Beautiful fish in breeding dress, they stay small .. in the 4"-5" range for males, females smaller. Do well with a cool down period like all Australoheros species. There isn't much info out there on them becuase they are deffinately uncommon.
i can show u pics of the ones that 1 have but they are only abouy 1in but i can find pick if older ones
well the guy i got them from has sold out of them. i got 4 from him and i think i got 2 males and 2 females. from what i found out it that these are very rare fish i think i got a good price for them 4 for 28 bucks
The guy breeding them has threads about them on cichlid-forum and cichlidae.com. I got some from him too.