What Is This ?

[kubora666]

its a large 5.5" colourful fish, very aggressive and ive never had a positive I.D for it so i was hoping for some help from the experts on Tropical fish forums
if its a hybrid then a moderator can move this topik

regards kubora

 

[severum boy]

Looks like a Vieja sp. You have any more info on it?

 

[kubora666]

all ive been told is that its deffinetely a Vieja or a hybrid of Vieja origin.
i seen a synspilum at an LFS that looked quiet alot like this, but not the same colours....
any thoughts ? id really like a positive ID
regards kubora

 

[severum boy]

Id say a Vieja bifasciata mainly because of the blue, but a young male just coming into colours. Most Vieja look pretty similar at this age, and its not a synspilum, they rarely have blue on them mostly red.
Ive just done an image serch and it looks like Vieja bifasciata is the most likely.

 

[kubora666]

whats the common name ?

jsut googled it, way too much red and it dosnt get verticle black bars under the thick black horizontal line...
mine seems to have a greeny blue pattern... especialy on the face with no red.