Red Devil Hybrid Identification Question

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Hello. It has been a while since I posted. I have been real busy opening a freshwater tropical fish shop in Hialeah Gardens, Florida. I was in the canals looking for some stock and my cousin caught this very cool looking Red Devil hybrid. We caught h Saturday, he is about 13-14 inches long. I put him in a 80 gallon tank yesterday and he is doing great.

Cam anyone help in providing a better description of what he is. Red Devil cross with what!???

Thanks in advance.


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Looks like your typical Midevil hybrid to me...
 
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It's just not fully peeled/faded. Is that why you're thinking it's a hybrid?

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Midas....that's what I was missing. I was racking my brains and I couldn't get Midas out. You are right, there are hundreds of these in a stretch of canal about 200 yards long. What threw me off was the Midas.

Thought it was hybrid because that is what we get in these canal. Actually, the fish is much more Midas than Red Devil. Furthermore, after looking at the smaller fish in the area, I believe that they are Amphilophus chancho hybrid/mix. The surrounding area is loaded with little fish that look like little zebras with vertical black and gold stripes, just like the chancho or A. anama, A. Flaveolus or A. Zaliosus. There is nothing in that stretch of canal that looks like a Midas (in the 1 to 7 inch range). The cool part of the fish that I have is that it is so different from all the others. 98% look like giant Midas. The more I think about very little red devil, lot of Midas and any of the other four species I mentioned.

I only reason I kept it is that fish is because it is unlawful in the state of Florida to throw him back. Any non-native (or fish not specifically identified by state of Florida) cannot be thrown back if caught. One reason I don't fish in freshwater. I have a hard time destroying the fish, and I end up keeping them in tanks.

Thanks for the feedback.
 
Chris, Ok maybe not chancho, but explain the smaller fish (I can't). Nothing that even resembles that big Midas looking thing, but hundreds, if not thousands of small fish with black and gold vertical stripes.
 
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