Tailbar Cichlid Vieja (prev. Cichlasoma) hartwegi

Tailbar Cichlid
Tailbar Cichlid
Tailbar Cichlid
The Tailbar Cichlid is native to southeastern Mexico's Grijalva River basin in central America. The larger, more colourful males (above) can reach over 25cm long.
Tailbar Cichlids with a Midas
Tailbar Cichlid
Tailbar Cichlid Males develop a "nuchal" hump with age.
They can look similar to other Vieja species, particularly to the Redhead, V. synspila/melanura, when their tail bar is indistinct. They are classified as endangered.
(There is another fish called the T-bar Cichlid, Amatitlania (prev. Cichlasoma) sajica, native to the Pacific side of Costa Rica.)