anyone seen these fish around

Looks like they might be in the same family as gouramis? What do y'all think?

 

nope the top one looks almost like umbrella cichlid (apistogramma) the bottom one is dwarf flag cichlid. (petstop has)

 

They look like dwarf flag cichlid. But thats only a guess

 

about to say the same thing... but very very nice looking fish

 

Top dwarf flags
bottom normal flags

 

I have a pair of the top dwarf flags

 

Yup, flagfish.

 

The pair looks like red breasted acaras in my opinion. The single one definetely flag cichlid.

 

+1.

 

Common names can be easily confused, with all the flags ..lol

Top : Laetacara curviceps
Looks like you got the picture from tfhmagazine.com, I found the identical image
they do name the fish there
Common Names: Smiling acara, flag acara, flag cichlid, curviceps, dwarf flag cichlid, sheepshead acara, blunt-head cichlid, etc.

Bottom : Mesonauta insignis or M festivus , most likely.
There are about 6 aquarium hobby species
I've known them as festive , and flag cichlids

Both are well established in the hobby, but not as common in SA as they were, say 20-25y ago.
:amuse:Thanks for the reminder @oscar freak

 

the top ones are beauties

 

i never forget,still waiting for my south american leaf fish as well:banghead:

 

this is probably a more acurate depiction

 

Red breasted

 

Very nice fish,i might be able to find red breasted acaras for you if you want.No promises though.

 

there will be a reward:beer:

 

good to know,apparently(according to google)they actually grow bigger in aaquariums than in the wild dont know how true is that.also on all the youtube videos i watch of the amazon river everytime you see an angel you see a festivum.