Found this guy in galveston

[Ca Nguyen]

man, i want to go catch some fishes now. are there any law against nesting them in? any good place for fresh water small fishes?

[TexmexVin590]

If I had to go with a single species native tank I'd pick longears before cichlids.

Not quite understanding you here. Did you mean you would keep sunfish before cichlids or longear fish before texas fish?

[grammodes]

where did you find them in sugarland?

[TaTeR ToT]

beasty!!!
he's awesome man!

[decal]

Nice, I've found a few that big in Sugar Land. Beautiful guys, ultimately too territorial for my tastes. If I had to go with a single species native tank I'd pick longears before cichlids.

[TexmexVin590]

very nice...i like the blue in him....yea they have big noggins as do the red devils and midas!

[CichlidFan]

thanks for posting....nice specimen...

CF

[Sea-agg09]

No I didn't keep him. There are 5+ pairs just along the bank of the pond. I'm going to go back at some point and get pairs. I feel kinda bad splitting up pairs. Did a bit of googling, and haven't found any pics with a hump that big. When I first saw them swimming around, I thought it was a flowerhorn. I've never seen another fish with a head hump that large.

[nacra99]

they make good eating.... taste like tilapia!

[cichlid1409]

what a beauty!! did you keep him?

[Sea-agg09]

Found this guy at a pond in Galveston. There were at least 5 pair this size. This is just one I pulled out with a cast net. Pretty good size for a Texas Cichlid.