Found in the minnow shipment..

[Khalix]

I work in a pet store and found this little guy in the rosy red bin quite by accident. First impression was that he at least marginally resembled a dwarf cichlid, though I have yet been unable to find anything that matches completely. I may not be able to tell at all until he/she gets a good deal bigger, but was oddly curious to see if anyone recognized it. It's hard to tell from the picture, but the top dorsal fin is starting to get a slight red hue to it. Someone suggested maybe an apistogramma borelli. On the opposite side of the face there is a vertical black stripe like you would see with a ram. I couldn't seem to get a shot of that side.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[aquaticclarity]

Looks like an Apistogramma (South American) but from the one photo I couldn't tell you which one. Not A. borellii though as the lateral line stripe (head to base of tail) has the wrong pattern.

 

[ste12000]

It looks like a young male A.macmasteri to me... Cool find and a great fish.

 

[Bas]

looks like my wild macmasteri indeed. I am not sure if they really are macmasteri. Bought them as macmasteri.