Gold severum getting red spots?

[Carefree_Dude]

I have a gold severum that is getting orange-red spots all over its body that kind of make lines going from its head to its tail. The face is turning this same orange-red color. Is there something wrong with my severum?

 

[phillykid]

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.qianhu.com/qianhu/Repository/product/Red%2520Spotted%2520Golden%2520Severum%2520Cichlid.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.qianhu.com/qianhu/productCategories/template/template1.asp%3Fid%3D2069&usg=__zNnXrGnEDvrNYD_-5mLMMCCAFno=&h=332&w=500&sz=19&hl=en&start=12&zoom=1&tbnid=4TpxWUH-efCpbM:&tbnh=114&tbnw=157&ei=kvmQTc7tEMKbtwfFn6SICQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dred%2Bspotted%2Bseverum%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26biw%3D853%26bih%3D535%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C342&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=471&vpy=179&dur=176&hovh=183&hovw=276&tx=137&ty=67&oei=iPmQTc7aI4LAtge_mqyICQ&page=2&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:12&biw=853&bih=535you might have something better than a gold severum... maybe a red spotted severum.

 

[fishfanatic80]

I would need to see a picture but you might have a red spotted just need a picture to verify.

 

[ryansmith83]

All good quality gold severum males should develop red/orane spotting with facial markings. It's just a sign that the fish is maturing. Don't put too much emphasis on the fancy names -- super reds are a very intensely colored gold, and everything else ("red spotted," "red-lined," etc.) are fancy names given to golds to make them sell better.

Here's my plain gold male:

 

[Carefree_Dude]

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...2&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:12&biw=853&bih=535you might have something better than a gold severum... maybe a red spotted severum.

yeah, he's starting to look like that. im trying to take a pic, but its difficult with my phone.

 

[smitty03281964]

Then you have a nice looking fish.