Photo for July 2009 (Competition CLOSED)

[lraulston]

Kurt, they are (wild caught I believe) Red Headed Severums (Heros Rotkeil). They are south american. They have just had their first spawn. Gorgeous fish! I am trying to get my hands on some fry

[Kurt]

Good luck with that, they are gorgeous! Thanks for the info, its been a long time since I worked professionally with fish. There are a few new fish that have popped up in the aquarium trade since then and I have noticed that a lot of the taxonomic name I knew are no longer valid.

[lraulston]

Good luck with that, they are gorgeous! Thanks for the info, its been a long time since I worked professionally with fish. There are a few new fish that have popped up in the aquarium trade since then and I have noticed that a lot of the taxonomic name I knew are no longer valid.

That is a possibility- names change in and out all the time. There are several "new" fish. Many selectively bred or hybrids that I am not fond of myself for the most part.

[Kurt]

That is a possibility- names change in and out all the time. There are several "new" fish. Many selectively bred or hybrids that I am not fond of myself for the most part.

You mean like parrot cichlids?