RD/Midas or what the heck is he???

[Burtess]

There were comments made in another thread about the following fish.

He was bought as a midas, though I know that most (if not all) are of mixed heritage.

I have always thought he looked a bit different also. He has a reddish patch (hard to capture in a pic) under his gill covers.

Approx. 9.5" in total length.

He is very aggressive; nothing goes into his tank without a barrage of attacks. I wear Aquagloves to do tank maintenance.

What do you all think?

Few pics of the beast:

Giving my daughter a "kiss":

Head shot:

Burt

 

[fishfreak317]

Midas/RDxTrimac or FH? deffinatly some sort of midas or rd in there. his overall look and shape (colors excluded) IMO looks like a blackbelt or some other like species. or maybe a oddball offspring of a trimacXBP. who knows hehe.

 

[Jason_S]

probably came from some type of flowerhorn breeding project. has a kamfa-ish (Rose Queen) shape to it and the red patch under the gill plate is a known characteristic of trimacs and most flowerhorns.

 

[babychris]

looks like a srs super red shock a type of flowerhorn.

 

[RedDevilDon2005]

he looks like a trimac/rd/ mix. its really hard to say. he has characteristics of both. what did he look like as a juvie?

 

[Burtess]

Here is a pic of him at around 4":

 

[Paintsn]

he looks like an offsprings of a midas and or red devil x kkp(parrot) breeding.. looks very nice

body and face is from the mother, its basically what they would call a Kamfa in a Fh world

 

[Gourami Swami]

Hybrid... but a nice one. Looks to me like he has some trimac in him as well as midas.

 

[Stab]

If not for a lighter coloration, this fish looks identical to a purple rose queen. Its a viriety of a flowerhorn with lack of a pronounced hump and a very deep solid red color all over the body

 

[sje106]

cross between a Vieja and Amphliophus (Citrinellum/Labiatum) imo