once again a bit of a mystery fish. I'm guessing there is no way to 100% positively ID this fish (or is there?)
mIdas, labiatus, or neither.
mIdas, labiatus, or neither.
Midas or Labiatus
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i agree, and its pretty much what everyone else is going to say as well, but either way its a great looking fishfishfarm;4163780; said:
midas, red devil or neither? you forgot "or both" 
lol. most likely it's a cross of the 2 but it definitely has more labiatus features at this point. however as has already been said there's no way to know for sure.
lol. most likely it's a cross of the 2 but it definitely has more labiatus features at this point. however as has already been said there's no way to know for sure.
Agreed. Body is kind of high like a Midas, but snout and lips say Devil. Nice fish though.fishfarm;4163780; said:
this fish is about 5". its a male I believe but not positive. It was sold as red dragon flowerhorn female x giant solid orange fish with massive nuchal hump male. I assumed the male was a midas due to the massive nuchal but never saw the photos myself. its siblings were either flowerhorn looking or midas/labiatus looking nothing in between. With parents like that he is quite congenial. I'm guessing at his size if he were to develop a large nuchal hump it would have happened by now?
not necessarily, i have a pure male midas (what i have vented as male but im not experienced enough with venting for it to be 100%) who is ~4.5in and is only just now starting to show red pre-peeling stage colors and doesn't have a nuchal hump yet. some are just later bloomers lolunkle_billy;4167138; said: