Potential Dovii Hybrid

[Ben_McG]

At this stage it’s starting to become a running theme the whole notion of me having parachromis species that I am unsure of the exact parentage.
Here’s another one for you all.
This I picked up today. I’ve attached a photo in the tank, in the bucket in natural sunlight and of the vents
I believe this to be a female P. Dovii hybrid
Thoughts?

 

[troublesum]

Hybrid RTM?

 

[Ben_McG]

Hybrid RTM?

l don’t think so, it looked to me like a female of Jag x Dovii

 

[Roger Mcfish]

Looks like a colored down parachromis freidrichstallii.

 

[Roger Mcfish]

The picture I shared is from a few months back and he would color up if there wasn't any excitement.

Give it time to settle into the tank and he'll color into this.

 

[Roger Mcfish]

They stay brownish when stressed or bored. And yes, yellow and pattern will vary with freidrichstallii depending on catch location. Yours is a nice sized male. Females will have a solid color gill plate with no pattern or spots

 

[Ben_McG]

They stay brownish when stressed or bored. And yes, yellow and pattern will vary with freidrichstallii depending on catch location. Yours is a nice sized male. Females will have a solid color gill plate with no pattern or spots

Is this freidrichstallii as in formerly loiselle or the fish that is currently Multifasciatus?

 

[Roger Mcfish]

Formerly loisellei, still referenced to freidrichstallii now multi.
I'm more used to freidrichstallii so I use it and I'll probably continue to use it.

 

[anzo1993]

Looks like my old Jaguar x Loisellei mix

 

[Roger Mcfish]

Here's a picture of the same fish stressed from a water change. He hates water changes and my fingers lol