Midas Posted July 2, 2002 Report Share Posted July 2, 2002 it is possible that we are wrong I got this straight from eric- They come in from time to time, south american cichlid, scientific name is cichlasoma fenistartium. My spelling might be a bit rough. we actually invented the name strawberry blue to sell them as we bred thousands of them in a tank. Can anyone make this out? does he mean cichlasoma/vieja fenestrata? can somene with a big aquarium book check? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted July 2, 2002 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2002 yeah i remember the yellow eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted July 2, 2002 Report Share Posted July 2, 2002 Benny said... > so you have seen an electric sausage ay? Yes, yes I have... Are we still talking about fish here? ;-) Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted July 3, 2002 Report Share Posted July 3, 2002 Benny said, that Eric said... > ... scientific name is cichlasoma fenistartium. I'm not saying they *are* V ©. synspilus(m), just that they were being called that when they first came in. At least I was right about WP making up the common name... Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christian Posted September 19, 2002 Report Share Posted September 19, 2002 hey there i know the fish u r talkin about id breed about 20 of them once before i brought them from a shop that advertised them as strawberryblues but that is not really there name they r only called that so people will buy them as they sound nice i will try and remember there name and get back to u thats why u will proberly havin troble finding the scientific name under strawberry blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted September 19, 2002 Report Share Posted September 19, 2002 They are Cichlasoma (Theraps) synspilum. I have 2 I got recently from the LFS. They are growing fast. The colours are just starting to form (only about 100mm long). They get their name from the colouration. They actually come in many different colours in the wild, but the most common aquarium colours are; mainly blue with red under the gills and a yellow tinge on the back. Hence the strawberry-blue naming. Watch out, they are medium-aggressive and grow quite big (200mm+). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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