Most Colourful SA/CA?

[cichlid_obsessed92]

Uh, no - H. carpintis x C. cyanoguttatus would be a hybrid.

The OP started the thread with an ornamental fish. Who knows what went into making a Red Spotted Severum. Is a genetically aberrant ornamental fish of one species any more or less natural than a cross of two closely related species? It's more than possible that multiple species of Heros were crossed to create the red spotted sev. But who knows...

Matt

C. cyanoguttatus ? Were are you getting the c its H. Cyanoguttatus

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[Mythic Figment]

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What is the fish in that first picture?


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[SePPii]

Oscar.


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[Mythic Figment]

Oscar.


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Really? I have never seen anything like that before. It's gorgeous. Is it a different species of oscar from what you commonly see in pet stores? Does anyone know if they keep that pattern and/or coloration their entire lives or do they grey out a bit like red tiger oscars?


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[Fish on Fire]

Really? I have never seen anything like that before. It's gorgeous. Is it a different species of oscar from what you commonly see in pet stores? Does anyone know if they keep that pattern and/or coloration their entire lives or do they grey out a bit like red tiger oscars?


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Nope. Oscars always start out looking very nice and then turn into ugly brutes when they mature, essentially the complete opposite of every other cichlid out there.

 

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[Drstrangelove]

Nope. Oscars always start out looking very nice and then turn into ugly brutes when they mature, essentially the complete opposite of every other cichlid out there.

I think Oscars are gorgeous both young and adult.

 

[Ryan_W]

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Is that a Dovii? It's stunning whatever it is!

 

[Azedenkae]

Meh, I still have to go with a Green Texas (Herichthys carpintis) to be the most stunning. I've kept plenty of americans and seen plenty, but I always still go back to the Green Texas to watch it constantly. Nothing can match the color and pattern of the thing. Nothing.

 

[xevar]

my JD