Geophagus Pellegrini or Geophagus Crassilabris?

[Dispatch273]

I agree that they are not steindachneri. I've grown out a couple different batches of them and they are much more colorful at 2.5" than the OPs fish, even when stressed. I can't comment on whether they are pellegrini or crassilabris because I do not have experience with either. Either way OP they are very nice fish

 

[BrahumeAQ]

Well then similar question to everyone… went to my LPS and had a tank full of red head topajos (labeled) and was looking through the tank and found two oddballs. I’m not sure how often this happens to you all, but almost every shop I go to has tanks full of fish labeled correctly, but if I look closer I always happen to find an oddball that somehow mistakenly (or not) slipped into the community. I ended up asking the employee who was working and he said he wasn’t sure what it was, and his best guess was some sort of apistograma (which I’m 99.9% certain it is not. The only eartheaters (in all the genus) I could find that was even relatively close to this guy was either the two aforementioned specifies… He is quite small at this point, but his coloring from the LPS to my tank has been consistent (as much as my memory will allow). Can any of you experts help identify. Nothing bothers me quite as much as owning a fish and not having a clue the species. Thanks!