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| Posted | can someone help me identify this fish please |
| 25-11-2007 13:43 by big cats |
I would like some help making an accurate i.d. of this fish ,the first person to tell me its a severum gets knee capped , it is a wild caught sev and i dont have any books that help, does anyone have an american cichlid encyclopedia????? i have a pair of these and they are awesome (were in very poor nick when we got them) |
| 25-11-2007 13:49 by tank busters |
weres pics |
| 25-11-2007 13:54 by big cats |
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| 25-11-2007 13:55 by big cats |
sorry tankbusters heres another
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| 25-11-2007 13:56 by big cats |
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| 25-11-2007 13:56 by big cats |
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| 25-11-2007 13:59 by big cats |
i cant photograph the female as she is taking care of a brood she had with a green sev (her mate wasnt ready) |
| 25-11-2007 18:19 by drewie |
sorry big cats all i can tell you is that it's the best looking severum i've ever seen |
| 25-11-2007 18:31 by spike |
Is it not just a nice looking Green Severum ? |
| 25-11-2007 19:47 by naiad |
I think it may be a Heros notatus.
http://www.jjphoto.dk/fish_archive/aquarium/heros_notatus.htm |
| 25-11-2007 20:02 by curviceps |
Looks like Heros appendiculatus. |
| 25-11-2007 23:50 by big cats |
no it is not just a nice green severum ,did i mention kneecapping? naiad thanks the pattern is the same but the colour is not and curviceps thanks same again so close, i wish you could see it in the flesh it is so nice it glows like a discus, usually does not have the yellow underbelly(he is trying to tease his mate away from the green she is breeding with) we will at some point have fry from this pair and i would love to know what it is |
| 26-11-2007 00:04 by big cats |
jeff rapps has posted a pic he describes as heros notatus and i believe mine are the same ,however they are not that similar to any of the other notatus pics i have seen so not sure yet, any other help? |
| 26-11-2007 10:23 by Alan |
I don't think it is a notatus. The notatus has dark blotches along its flanks in line with the banding that is sometimes visible.
This link is to a practical fishkeeping page and the picture is of a heros notatus. http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/show_article.php?article_id=431 |
| 26-11-2007 10:24 by Alan |
This is a picture of my heros notatus.
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| 26-11-2007 11:04 by perky |
Nice looking fish alan a bit dif to the one in the top pic. |
| 26-11-2007 16:03 by curviceps |
Have they spawned at all? And if so, did they mouthbrood? |
| 26-11-2007 16:55 by Jake Casson |
Its a cichlid:o |
| 26-11-2007 20:48 by big cats |
it is not the same as yours alan very similar but the base colour of mine is blue or even purple, curviceps no she ran off with a green sev and has a brood with him ,i removed most of the fry today as she seemed ill equipped to take care of them. the green sev will be removed from the equation so they can pair up again ,then they will get a tank of their own (i am in the process of converting my garage to a fish house as i want to breed and supply discus in a big way)anyone wih discus fry from 1cm up i may be interested?? |
| 26-11-2007 20:49 by big cats |
jake ,,are you sure |
| 26-11-2007 21:29 by curviceps |
If they turn out to be mouthbrooders, then you'll have TRUE Heros severus, very rare in the UK. Almost every severum sold in the UK aren't the real thing. |
| 26-11-2007 21:33 by big cats |
i dont believe they are heros severus, didnt know they were mouth brooders, which does the mouth brooding? male? or female? |
| 26-11-2007 23:57 by curviceps |
Not sure which sex does it, but I would like to get my hands on some to find out Only ever had the mongrels that you see in the shops. |
| 26-11-2007 23:59 by curviceps |
There is a guy on a few forums Grummie2 who has bred them, will see if I can find out which sex does it. |
| 27-11-2007 08:49 by Danny Boy |
thats a notatus... |
| 27-11-2007 09:16 by big cats |
danny boy no one else seems to think so what makes you so sure, it is after all a different colour completely |
| 27-11-2007 14:08 by tank busters |
doesnt heros mean type of species,as in this case a type of severum. |
| 27-11-2007 22:08 by curviceps |
In a word yes, but there are different species of severum?
They definately aren't H. severus, got a look at some old pics. So I'm gonnae stick with appendiculatus. |
| 27-11-2007 22:10 by curviceps |
Sorry meant to put that Heros is the genus, essentially, each of the species names within the genus are different species of severum. |
| 28-11-2007 13:19 by PaddyD |
Severums are still a bit mixed up and different populations of the same species can be quite varied.
Do you have any idea where it was exported from? I think it might be a variety of efasciatus though I would not rule out appendciculatus - remember not all appendiculatus look the same. it does not look like H. severus -this is a mouthbrooding species and only very recently imported. |
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