Sulpherhead hybrid?

What do you think this hybrid is or has it been misidentified as a hybrid?

  • Hybrid species

    Votes: 2 66.7%
  • True species

    Votes: 1 33.3%

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calichai

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To me looks like a “Juicy” otopharnx lithobates. Faintly see the mid bodybspots and the elongated peacock shape. Total guess, been a while since i did Malawi’s. Also I wouldn’t claim it is pure if no scientific name was included. In example “assorted African “.
 

dogofwar

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There's a strain of German "Protomelas spilonotus Sulferhead" floating around that look like that. Allegedly line bred... but far from wild-form... so I'd vote hybrid.

Here's what Protomelas spilonotus is supposed to look like

 

SAVAGECHEF33

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To me looks like a “Juicy” otopharnx lithobates. Faintly see the mid bodybspots and the elongated peacock shape. Total guess, been a while since i did Malawi’s. Also I wouldn’t claim it is pure if no scientific name was included. In example “assorted African “.
All I was told is it was some type of hybrid
 

SAVAGECHEF33

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There's a strain of German "Protomelas spilonotus Sulferhead" floating around that look like that. Allegedly line bred... but far from wild-form... so I'd vote hybrid.

Here's what Protomelas spilonotus is supposed to look like

Does look very similar save for the yellow orange variant
 
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