Geophagus ID

[Errbill]

Could anyone identify which species of geophagus this is?
Bought from a very reputable fish shop who themselves weren’t sure so sold them to me very cheap.
After a bit of googling I’m thinking either altifrons or one of the surinamensis but not sure.
Any help would be grand!

[plankton]

They do look quite surinamensis, how big are they?

[Martinspuddle]

Think it will difficult to fully tell at present. Think you need to wait until they're more mature.

[Errbill]

They do look quite surinamensis, how big are they?

They’re about 2 and a half inches at present.

[FishBubs]

Megasema eartheater geophagus megadema or
Pearl cichlid geophagus brasiliensis
Both would be my initial guess.

[Stephen]

Megasema eartheater geophagus megadema

Does it look similar to my avatar (Geophagus megasema)?

Did they come from Wharf Aquatics as I left the last 2 (after buying 4), I was almost tempted to buy the 6.
Mine are not as colourful as yours or have a well developed lateral spot, so I don't think they are Geophagus megasema.

Maybe Geophagus winemilleri ??

[plankton]

This is why I asked how big they were, they could be any of the above.
Wait until they've grown a bit and coloured-up they'll be easier to ID then.

[Errbill]

Megasema eartheater geophagus megadema

Does it look similar to my avatar (Geophagus megasema)?

Did they come from Wharf Aquatics as I left the last 2 (after buying 4), I was almost tempted to buy the 6.
Mine are not as colourful as yours or have a well developed lateral spot, so I don't think they are Geophagus megasema.

Maybe Geophagus winemilleri ??

Hi Stephen, yes they were from wharf, they had them on sale as just Geophagus sp. I nipped in yesterday again and they have a new batch of surinamensis and they do look like them.
I’ll give them a few months and take some more photos.