Not sure which cichlid this is

[SongMom]

Hi. I just recently acquired a cichlid... quite by accident. I sent for plants from a mail-order company and got someone else's fish order instead! Most of it was saltwater, except for a couple of cichlids and a rainbow shark. I gave the saltwater fish to a local fish store and kept the last three. The one cichlid (a ram) ended up dying. :( The other one is alive and doing well... only problem is, I'm not entirely sure which cichlid it is. From researching on the internet, the best I can come up with is a corpora/hypsophrys nicaraguenese (called a Macaw on one site), possibly a female. Am I right, or is this something else? I'd really like to know what I'm dealing with here... so I know how to properly care for it!

[crazyfishlady]

I think you're right on! Female nicaraguense.

[Jason_S]

I personally wouldn't speculate on the gender simply because of inexperience with the species, but that is a H. nicaraguense. :)

[SuperDave9x19]

that looks almost exactly as my Male Nicaraguan looked at 3"

[autoxevo]

you guys sure? my H. Nics look quite different and they're about the same size

[fishman76092]

Id also say male nic. Females have much more conspicuous black lines

[bigfish333]

I'd say Nic as well