I’m trying to determine if a severum I saw at a LFS is a red shoulder or not (looking for eight bands). It has two Y bands on its body (one in the middle and one near the gills). Fish is slightly larger than 4” and the Y isn’t super obvious but noticeable when under the right lighting. I’ve noticed this before on other severums. Does a Y band count as one or two bands?
Severum band counting
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Heros are often misbarred with fused or broken bars. They are not always a 100% reliable method. Unfortunately there are tons of hybrids out there so I see a lot of rotkeil and green crosses with broken or fused bars, and a lot of fish with all rotkeil traits and 9 bars instead of the 8 that wild fish have.
If it’s a single bar that forks into a Y it’s probably meant to be a single bar and you’d count it as one.
Rotkeil typically can be identified by a combination of 8 bars, having bright orange-red pelvic and anal fins even at an early age, and the bottom of their bars forming black splotches on the lower flanks (this may not appear until they’re older).
If it’s a single bar that forks into a Y it’s probably meant to be a single bar and you’d count it as one.
Rotkeil typically can be identified by a combination of 8 bars, having bright orange-red pelvic and anal fins even at an early age, and the bottom of their bars forming black splotches on the lower flanks (this may not appear until they’re older).
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