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    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.

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

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    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.


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    Hmmmmm what to put here???

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    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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