ID..Umbee?

[Calihawk]

Let me know what you guys come up with...because IDK. Give a little input on WHY or WHAT you see to support your guess.

I think there may be Umbee mixed in there, also notice the Flower mark...

 

[cacichlids]

Umbee have been in the hobby for almost 40 years and a hybrid has never been reported, not once, even though hobbyists have surely tried to produce them (not long ago a male Umbee and female Dovii in this forum laid eggs a few times but they were never fertilized). Therefore we can assume Umbee aren't able to cross breed and stop calling every unknown fish with spangles an "Umbee hybrid".

That said, the fish in the pictures (which is a Flowerhorn) looks absolutely bad ass.

 

[Dayvydp]

Not an umbee, atleast it doesnt appear that way to me. Still a nice fish though

 

[Calihawk]

LOL, i know i know...however, it does have "blue freckles" hence "Blue Freckled Monster", and look at the patterns of the spangling. A "Texas" hybrid have irratic pearls thrown all over. This Flowerhorn has uniform patterns of spangles....like UMBEE, lol. Tips of fins are also red, which is probably irrelevant.

Hey, even though Green Terrors cannot produce with other cichlids, I've seen pics of wierd looking possible GT mixes. Unexplained phenomenons and the "Ya Never Know"

 

[Dayvydp]

LOL, i know i know...however, it does have "blue freckles" hence "Blue Freckled Monster", and look at the patterns of the spangling. A "Texas" hybrid have irratic pearls thrown all over. This Flowerhorn has uniform patterns of spangles....like UMBEE, lol. Tips of fins are also red, which is probably irrelevant.

Hey, even though Green Terrors cannot produce with other cichlids, I've seen pics of wierd looking possible GT mixes. Unexplained phenomenons and the "Ya Never Know"

I suppose anything is possible in retrospect, just the odds would vary significantly

 

[BayArea_510]

Wow that thing has so many similarities to an umbee!

 

[cacichlids]

LOL, i know i know...however, it does have "blue freckles" hence "Blue Freckled Monster", and look at the patterns of the spangling. A "Texas" hybrid have irratic pearls thrown all over. This Flowerhorn has uniform patterns of spangles....like UMBEE, lol. Tips of fins are also red, which is probably irrelevant.

Hey, even though Green Terrors cannot produce with other cichlids, I've seen pics of wierd looking possible GT mixes. Unexplained phenomenons and the "Ya Never Know"

Here's a similar Flowerhorn

 

[Tojo09]

Wow that thing has so many similarities to an umbee!

Agreed. u could pass it off as one. That is until lopaka sees it. No pulling,wool over his eyes

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[Dayvydp]

Wow that thing has so many similarities to an umbee!

Yes it does. the freckling and uniformity like calihawk said are very similar to the umbee

 

[fishman09]

cool fish whatever it is