Pike lugubris group? ID

[Anderman]

I picked these up at the lfs and they were labled marbled pikes! Would they be juvenile marmorata? I hate getting fish I don't have a positive ID on but I traded in my 2 female Johanna for these 4 pikes. Not the best of pictures and they were just out of the bag.

 

[Anderman]

Here is 3 more pics I took 5 min ago!!

 

[Scatocephalus]

Nope. Not marms. These are the same pikes that came into the US as marms and are proving not to be. The general consensus at the moment is that they are either a variant of johanna or possibly "Xingu II"

 

[Anderman]

Nope. Not marms. These are the same pikes that came into the US as marms and are proving not to be. The general consensus at the moment is that they are either a variant of johanna or possibly "Xingu II"

They look like the ones in this thread..

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=360866&highlight=Xingu

 

[ryansmith83]

^ Yep, they're identical to the ones I got from John. They weren't marms but they were still beautiful fish. I sent them back to John when they started getting too rough on my other fish.

 

[Peanut_Power]

Aye, you just traded your johannas for more johannas.

 

[Anderman]

Aye, you just traded your johannas for more johannas.

Yes, can't you tell it was all in the master plan to obtain a pair!! LOL