SereneReyn

My dad kept freshwater fish ages ago, and always talks about his favorite, which he refers to as a "dovie-eye" (dough-vee)? i've looked for this fish, and never found anything that sounded similar... i think it's a cichlid of some sort, and that it was fairly aggressive. he said it tolerated only one other fish in the tank, a huge pleco (over a ft long).

anyway, i've always wondered what sort of fish this really was, so if you've heard of something similar, please let me know.

TheEssigs

Yes...

Latin: Parachromis Dovii
Common name: Wolf Cichlid

Here is a link:

http://www.aquatic-hobbyist.com/prof...ids/dovii.html

capekate

Only fish I can think of... Dojo, Duboisi.... Doradid... other than that, cant think of what it is. And they do not grow that big..
sorry...
IF it is a cichlid.. maybe Allie can help you out when and if she see's this thread. Can you ask your Dad what it was?
~ kate

capekate

OHh didnt see Thessigs reply... so there you go! Wolf cichlid eh?
kewl...

~ kate

SereneReyn

thanks a bunch! not such a pretty lil guy, is he? the description made me laugh tho, exactly what my dad talked about... meanist fish he's ever seen.

Drea

That is a fish that looks like something I've had on the end of a fishing line at the lake!(we catch and release). veery cool though....
Boy, we got some intelligent folks here don't we

Dino

They are one of the three largest species of cichlid.
It is not uncommon for them to get a meter in length.

Blub

angelfish220

Holey Cow!! how big of a tank would you need?

Tom

What are the other 2 species?
Tom

COBettaCouple

180g for 1 and they aren't community fish, that's for sure. They'd eat the community.