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What type of fish is this???
Description:	Me and friend were fishing the salt river in phoenix. He caught this aggresive small fish, But I dont kwow what type of fish this is, the dark stripes and red belly threw me off on what it is...
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Date:	25.06.2012 14:24
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cowelk123
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Join Date: 14.01.2011
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Amazon

It looks like one of those perchbass that you see in the Amazon.

25.06.2012 15:16

jakewhit2003
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Join Date: 05.06.2010
Comments: 6

Possibly

It looks like its an oscar to me

25.06.2012 15:54

stillhunter
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Join Date: 31.08.2010
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Firemouth CIchlid

It is a firemouth cichlid,
from south america get about 15 cm
someone probably let it go from tank.

25.06.2012 16:12

azcoyote
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Join Date: 25.06.2012
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Red Bellied Sunfish

Pretty enough to be a tank fish but I am pretty sure that is a Red Bellied Sunfish. Definitely isn't an oscar or a firemouth ciclid.

25.06.2012 19:11

pnw4
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Join Date: 10.08.2009
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south american cichlid

it is a type of south american cichlid called an aureum- in the same genus as a firemouth cichlid, i hope you didn't let it go

25.06.2012 23:14

xKlllJoYx
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Join Date: 23.06.2012
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What type of fish...

I dont think its either of those fish's, Perch Bass,Firemouth Cichlid or Red Bellied Sunfish, I look them up and they look nothing like this fish, It might very well be a hybrid who knows, hopefully someone on here can comment on what type of fish it truly is...

25.06.2012 23:17

pnw4
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Join Date: 10.08.2009
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okay...

It is most likely in the genus Thorichthys- maybeee Andinoacara... please note shape- coloration has no role in fish identification. all the pictures on the internet are of aquarium kept fish, which naturally look much more glorious than fish in the wild. now, if you disagree with that you could argue that i could be a hybrid between south american cichlids (firemouth x aureum would be a good guess). I'm a very experienced south american cichlid keeper. This fish is a south american cichlid for sure- most likely female (sex is based on the fins) probably set free by its owner, probably out of good intentions, but it is terrible for the ecosystem.

25.06.2012 23:46

wikidkilla1
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Join Date: 27.06.2012
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just a sunfish

http://howtosaygonefishing.blogspot.com/2010/03/get-line-on-sunfish.html

its just a sunfish with bright colors

http://howtosaygonefishing.blogspot.com/2010/03/get-line-on-sunfish.html

27.06.2012 18:09

Az Bass Fishing King
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Join Date: 04.05.2012
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Sorry to break it to you...

but thats a Tampico Cichlid, not a firemouth or aureum hybrid or whatever and if its not a tampico then its a red terror but im pretty sure its a tampico cichlid for sure

17.07.2012 14:35

mroscarfishalot
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Join Date: 19.04.2009
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Tilapia is my guess.

That's a Tilapia. All be it colorful for a Tilapia, I'm pretty sure it's a Tilapia.

All the Cichlids that people have mentioned are good guesses, but I don't believe they are any of those fishes mentioned.

It's actually too hot AND to cold for most of those Cichlid fishes to survive here in the Desert Southwest.

On the surface it's too hot in the summer, too cold down deep, and far too cold in the winter all together.

Sure, they would survive for a while this time of year in a pond situation. I've caught Oscars here, but they would have a though time of it. Especially in a canal where the water run colder.

29.07.2012 15:37

blkhwkcrew
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Join Date: 11.12.2012
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Tilapia zilli

I have done to years of research on the lower salt riverine system, and I have found plenty of invasive or exotic fish. This one is a red bellied tilapia (Tilapia zilli) juvenile. They are very agressive and territorial from what I've seen. You can go up on the USGS website and look it up.
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=485

11.12.2012 13:18

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