Severum Identification?

[ryansmith83]

I haven't found a young severum yet that doesn't have bars. They're like non-pigeon discus in that sense. Even low quality gold severum juvies will show faint gray bars that look like soot or ash, similar to peppering on pigeon discus.

 

[peathenster]

IME H. efasciatus tend to have complete bars that fade as they mature. I guess that's why they are called "efasciatus".

H. sp. "rotkeil" tend to have incomplete bars except the last one. It may not be a distinct species after all.