Mesonauta

Flag Cichlids are enduringly popular in the hobby and can be found in most aquatic stores. Interestingly, this species is not the species most commonly sold as the Flag cichlid. It is usually m. insignis that makes it into dealers tanks....

There is some debate that this species is actually the fish that finds its way into aquatic stores under the name of the Flag cichlid (normally attributed to m. festivus). The two fish look very similar and, in reality, it is likely that both species are sold under the same name - depending on the area where the fish were originally caught and exported from....