can this be purebred? Vieja hartwegi ?

[skinnychinaman]

thanks for the comments guys.. let me know what yal cichlid experts feel about this fish.

 

[Jason_S]

I'm going to say no but I could be wrong. I don't think hartwegi is one of the species that typically grows a large nuchal hump but again, I could be wrong. there's also an aweful lot of red all over the body and most of the vieja/paratheraps that have read have it only around the head area. I'd say that fish looks flowerhornish but let's see what some others have to say.

 

[ng80]

To be honest i have never seen a hartwegi that looks like that. the nucal hump is very big, it may well have hartwegi in it but i reckon its a kind of flower horn, nice fish all the same though.

 

[croc 2-3]

I also concur that hartwegi are usually not that red body wise plus the nuchal hump is to large for all veja except snyspillum.

 

[PeteFromTassie]

Yeah, it's some kinda hybrid man, that's no Hartwegi... Maybe a bit in it cause of the mottling on the face, but I wouldn't think it was a purebreed.

Nice fish, but that's a whopping hump and I'm not a big fan.

Cheers,
Pete.

 

[Aquatic Dreams]

Definatly NOT a Hartwegi.
Thats a flowerhorn for sure.
You can tell with the black markings along the side.
I hate FH's, But that has a massive hump, Which Im sure would be liked in the FH community.

Cheers
Aquatic Dreams

 

[zekni]

Looks like a hybrid to me, though I'm not an expert. However... what an awesome looking fish.

 

[armac]

Everything you deal in Skinny is flowerhorn, we knwo that.

 

[Tokenikan]

Beautiful fish. if not because of the pearls, i looks just like flowerhorn. this is mix breed, i think hartwegi x flowerhorn (cmiiw)

 

[Vasquez]

Hybrid for sure