My first Rio Grande cichlid / Texas cichlid

**wlshafor** · 04-17-2014, 11:37 PM

Caught in Cedar Park Texas in about 5 ft of water. Released back into the water to live another day. Pushing 7 1\2 inches or so. Lovely colors on this fish and I heard that they are related to tilapia is it true?

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**usafret99** · 04-18-2014, 07:25 AM

Nice

**Eaglehorse** · 04-21-2014, 02:16 AM

Cool!

**chucktx** · 04-21-2014, 08:58 PM

very nice!!!!

**wlshafor** · 04-23-2014, 11:53 PM

Thanks I'm on the him for others! Fun fish to fight on light tackle

**kickingback** · 04-24-2014, 07:05 AM

Nice looking fish!

**no1son** · 04-24-2014, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by wlshafor

Caught in Cedar Park Texas in about 5 ft of water. Released back into the water to live another day. Pushing 7 1\2 inches or so. Lovely colors on this fish and I heard that they are related to tilapia is it true?

Yep. The Rio Grande cichlid has been moved around a bit down there deep in Texas, but is essentially a native with a range reaching down into Mexico. All of the tilapia come from Asia Minor or East Africa originally, but they are all cichlids.

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