Can anyone I.D. this freshwater fish?

gobrian77 · 07-30-2003, 06:53 AM

Sorry for the poor picture quality. I picked this fish up at a roadside petshop in Thailand (where I live), and I don't know what it is. It looks to be in the Severum family- probably it's some sort of hybrid (it's the weird tail that's throwing me off). Is it a freshwater Parrotfish? Thanks.

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Biomanjcs72 · 07-30-2003, 05:18 PM

Blurry, but it does look like one of the hybrid parrott's At least, that's my guess anyway..

stang69 · 08-02-2003, 08:05 PM

Yes looks to me like a parrot fish too.

Just a bit of trivia for you. Did you know that they are a man made fish?

Meaning they were created in a dish on a scientists desk. They are a hybrid cross between a red devil and a gold sevrum I believe.

Jeff

gobrian77 · 08-02-2003, 10:49 PM

OK- so it is a Parrotfish- cool. I'd never seen one before. It's lineage (severum/red devil) certainly explains its agressiveness (I originally had two, but this one almost killed the other and I had to return it- the remaining one doesn't attack the other fish, but it does defend its territory pretty strongly). It was also quite an expensive fish by Thai standards- it cost almost $7- quite alot when you consider a beautiful baby Oscar goes for less than $1.

07-30-2003, 06:53 AM	#1
gobrian77 New in Town Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Koh Samui, Thailand Posts: 4	Can anyone I.D. this freshwater fish? Sorry for the poor picture quality. I picked this fish up at a roadside petshop in Thailand (where I live), and I don't know what it is. It looks to be in the Severum family- probably it's some sort of hybrid (it's the weird tail that's throwing me off). Is it a freshwater Parrotfish? Thanks. Pic1 Pic2 Pic3 Last edited by gobrian77; 07-30-2003 at 06:56 AM.

08-02-2003, 08:05 PM	#3
stang69 Mayor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA; 98310 Posts: 952	Yes looks to me like a parrot fish too. Just a bit of trivia for you. Did you know that they are a man made fish? Meaning they were created in a dish on a scientists desk. They are a hybrid cross between a red devil and a gold sevrum I believe. Jeff __________________ Hmmmmm what to put here???

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07-30-2003, 05:18 PM	#2
Biomanjcs72 Mayor Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Birmingham, Al, USA Posts: 815	Blurry, but it does look like one of the hybrid parrott's At least, that's my guess anyway..

08-02-2003, 10:49 PM	#4
gobrian77 New in Town Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Koh Samui, Thailand Posts: 4	OK- so it is a Parrotfish- cool. I'd never seen one before. It's lineage (severum/red devil) certainly explains its agressiveness (I originally had two, but this one almost killed the other and I had to return it- the remaining one doesn't attack the other fish, but it does defend its territory pretty strongly). It was also quite an expensive fish by Thai standards- it cost almost $7- quite alot when you consider a beautiful baby Oscar goes for less than $1.

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