Hoplias sp. "Red"

[Jungle]

Hello,

The fish came in labeled as a Hopias sp. "Red", does anyone have an idea what it is? I've had the Tapajos Red Aimara before and this is actually alot more red (well its more like orange) than the Tapajos variant. The high orange sheen on the gill plate is what gets me though. I tried putting it tanks with different background/color schemes but the color is pretty consistent even after a few weeks in each tank.

 

[lix.ma14]

it's not an aimara for sure. It looks like a mala that probability lived in a tank with reddish sand. IDK the varient or origin though.

 

[Jungle]

This specimen was a fresh import so there is no chance of it coming from a life in a tank with reddish sand, nor do I think a life in a tank with reddish sand could have influenced it's hue. I agree with you that it's definitely not an aimara. Kinda looks like an sp."Misiones" that I previously imported, but the color and certain aspects of this fish are totally different.

 

[lix.ma14]

This specimen was a fresh import so there is no chance of it coming from a life in a tank with reddish sand, nor do I think a life in a tank with reddish sand could have influenced it's hue. I agree with you that it's definitely not an aimara. Kinda looks like an sp."Misiones" that I previously imported, but the color and certain aspects of this fish are totally different.

maybe the wolf lived in a an environment with alot of red clay as sediment. Also south American rivers have a redish hue in their water.
Just my guess.

 

[Aquaman021]

It's a hoplias lacadae not even close to topajos red aimara

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[Aquaman021]

hoplias lacerdae sao francisco

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[DB junkie]

We've had "Red Lacardae" imported up here before. Not real Lacardae.

Turned out to be Mala variants.

 

[Aquaman021]

True

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[Jungle]

Did the red lacerdae previously imported into the US look like the one I posted? When you say they just ended up being malabricus variants, were they imported as lacerdae's and were found to be malabricus upon arrival or were found to be malabricus after further observation?

I also have some Hoplias lacerdae on hand that look nothing like this one (don't mind the color because it's in a white tank, I'm not referencing the color when I say it looks different). This red hoplias more closely resembles the Hoplias sp. "Misiones" (which may or may not be a lacerdae) minus the red sheen.

Here's the H.lacerdae's:

 

[Jungle]

Here's the Hoplias sp."Misiones":