Severum ID please
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i think you will have to wait until they are a little bigger and color up to be sure but maybe someone with a better trained severum eye can pic out clues im not seeing GOOD LUCK
Evening.
Their Heros efasciatus, and unless you know their heritage / catch location, they fall into the lovely catogory of "The green severum"
The colouring is simply down to stress im afraid.
Even sevs from the blackest of waters dont lose pigmentation (like the Panda Uaru did) The nearest they get are H.severus, which goes a lovely pale white when its relaxed, and im afraid the anal fin (first 3 spines are clearly fused, indicating a menmber of the Notatus Complex) and head shape are all wrong for that.)
At a guess i'd say they where from the belem line (i see a little "Y"ing on the stress bars, and no really strong body markings, as seen on the Manause Line (these are the two base sevs that made the hobby, and have been interbred countless times down the line)
Nice looking fish and hopefully they settle down and colour up properly, but im afraid, their nothing rare
Their Heros efasciatus, and unless you know their heritage / catch location, they fall into the lovely catogory of "The green severum"
The colouring is simply down to stress im afraid.
Even sevs from the blackest of waters dont lose pigmentation (like the Panda Uaru did) The nearest they get are H.severus, which goes a lovely pale white when its relaxed, and im afraid the anal fin (first 3 spines are clearly fused, indicating a menmber of the Notatus Complex) and head shape are all wrong for that.)
At a guess i'd say they where from the belem line (i see a little "Y"ing on the stress bars, and no really strong body markings, as seen on the Manause Line (these are the two base sevs that made the hobby, and have been interbred countless times down the line)
Nice looking fish and hopefully they settle down and colour up properly, but im afraid, their nothing rare
That's a very interesting color pattern. I would also guess that they are just stressed or getting adjusted. If they keep that color by the time they are 3-4" then please repost pictures. I have never had a juvy severum look like that so I am interested to see how they turn out. They will almost certainly turn back green though. Unless you have something none of the rest of use have ever seen before.