help please.... rainbow cichlid??

[bumblebee odyssey]

my LFS sold me 2 'rainbow cichlid's' and now i'm finding they kinda dont egsist.... in my searches i found it looks like a Geophagus surinamensis but not too sure can any help on the issue and HOW big they really get???.... anyone heard of a rainbow cichlid???

on my search it looks nothing like a so called 'rainbow cichlid more like the above...

 

[Apistt_ed]

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Hello,
This is a little info on the rainbow cichlid that hopefully helps you out a bit.. from the Greater Chicago Cichlid Association archives...

http://www.gcca.net/fom/Herotilpia_multispinosa.htm

 

[bumblebee odyssey]

now thats the problem....

they sold it to me as a 'rainbow cichlid' and it looks Nothing like any rainbow cichlid i've found on the net including your pic there..... it looks to me like a red horseface, but i'm not a proffessional by all means.... anything like this fish that can be mistaken as a horseface??
and now i am Really worried they are WAY to big for my tank in mature size...!!

 

[bumblebee odyssey]

hmmmm......

.oops

 

[bumblebee odyssey]

hmmmm......

orr....

i donno.... we think thats the closest we'v seen so far....

 

[Apistt_ed]

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definitely a geophagus of some kind... very nice though!

 

[snakeskinner]

I've found that common names vary as much as colors on fish. I'm no expert so if I can't verify the species from the research I've done and the LFS doesn't have them marked scientific names or can't tell me, I don't buy them. Kyle

 

[bumblebee odyssey]

we worked it out

it seems to me and my partner that its a demon eartheater known by 3 sci names... Geo' junupari, Sat' Junupari .... i'm lost for the last one right now but will get back to you on it
thanks for your help tho guys muchly appreciated