Help to ID....Severum?

[rebelliondog206]

I saw this fish yesterday and really liked it....sold as Gold Severum. However, it does not quite match my online lookup.

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Does anyone know the exact name for these? They do well with some of my Africans.....Mbambas and Peacocks.
I would like to have more, maybe a different color variation.

[armthehomeless]

Looks like a gold severum (Heros sererus)to me.

[Rico]

thats a red severum that's lacking color.

[stevenallenbarnard]

red sev (color morph of a gold) how big is it? it's reds could still develop as it grows. mixing sevs with africans is 50/50. I've seen it done before, but I personally wouldn't because severum tend to be slower moving and more peaceful than mbuna and peacocks (in my experience, although severum can hold their own)

[sountfc]

Not that I'd recommend this, but my wife went out and bought three red severums a year or so ago when I was out of town and couldn't prevent it. (She lost fish buying privileges after that! ) They were decent sized already, and they live in a 135G with mostly peacocks and some pretty big venustus, as well as one 9-10" Nimbochromis Polystigma. I've had no issues with them whatsoever, and they are extremely aggressive eaters who more than hold their own during feeding time.

[amilcar]

it should be able to hold its own as long as its bigger.....if its the same size or equal to the africans then it will most likely get punked to death....

[newb]

Its completely fine...that looks like a juvie red severum. Feed it Tetra ColorBits and the red will come out in it more. NLS diet will cause the under shade of yellow to be more noticeable.

[Kelli]

That definitely looks like a juvie red severum to me!