what species of sev is this?

[Somethingfishyinc.net]

see all the peacock bass & ? in that boat! Nice fish. go to SA & catch some

 

[MonteSS]

The colors in that pic are so doctored up. Look how red his arms are. Not an accurate photo IMO. It still is impressive though.

...Bill

 

[mrcrane]

so this fish are not available for US hobbyist yet?

 

[mrcrane]

I think it is a Heros sp. Curare .

i googled the name and you're right! not too much info though.

 

[mrcrane]

Where did that particular picture come from? It has some non-severum characteristics about it, though the face does look very much like Heros. Interesting fish!

i forgot where i got this picture from.

Not to be overly skeptical but those are practically the only two pics I could find online, and there's next to no information on them...

do you think is mix/crossbreeds?

 

[manlyfish]

that sure beats the heck out of the dull white ones

 

[peathenster]

do you think is mix/crossbreeds?

What I "think" means nothing....I was just saying that I would have been much more comfortable if there were more info about them.

 

[Snowflake311]

I agree there is not really any info on these fish if it is in fact a differant Sp. from the Rot. I read on some fourm that the Heros sp. Curare are not yet being exported and are rarely ever seen in the Aquarium trade.

I personaly think that it is a Rot from a differant area then the normals ones. There for it looks a bit differant. You know how fish of the same Sp. collected from differant areas look the same yet a little differant?

 

[ryansmith83]

But is it the only specimen of this severum every collected? It has the same large, semi-deformed body shape in both pictures (notice how the back is arched but the stomach is flat, giving the fish a hunchback shape).

I'm wondering if it was some natural oddity that survived to adulthood and a fisherman just happened to snag it.