fatpuffer Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 I got this little fella and I thought it was a JD hybrid. It is was a short bodied cichlid with washed out brown colour and spangling. Now it is red and looks like a jewel cichlid with short body. It may still be a hybrid but what kind? Any input is greatly appreciated. Here are a couple of bad pics of the mystery fish: THANKS! Js Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigA Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Is it possible that it could be a jewel x JD cross? Would that even be possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbithall Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Could it actually be a deformed fish? The colouring sure suggests jewel... I don't know anything about the JD, but that super short tail looks very odd! In mammals, I would be able to say definitively that it was a viable deformity, but fish are so strange... LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 I would say deformed jewel - hope you didn't pay too much for it! If it were an hybrid, I would guess it to be jewel x sevrum, but that is VERY unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distichodus Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 A Jewel cichlid in a blood parrots body.. :thumbs: doesnt get better than that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted April 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Thanks. It was free! Js Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parachromis1 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 you couldnt cross a c/a and and african. not the same # of chromosomes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted April 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 From what others have stated (here and in the cichlid forum), it is possible but VERY unlikely. Js Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Yeah I think it also looks like some sort of deformed jewel. I have 2 jewels in one of my tanks, but they have longer bodies. Is this the only one you have like this? I have never seen a jewel that looks like that unless it is a terrible hybrid gone wrong lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted April 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Yup...just one. Caught my eye in the store. Thought it was a jd with short body. Js Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parachromis1 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 its nearly impossible. animals without the same number of chromosomes cannot cross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Lol, whatever it is, it is a very unique fish, and I am sure you are one of the only people to have a jewel that looks like this. I am thinking it is just a birth defect or somewhere down the line of genetics in this fishes family, there was possibly the same defect which was passed down the line. Jewels come from such an odd place, it is hard to say if they would cross with any other SA/CA fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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