ID help Channa harcourtbutleri?

[seafull]

Fish store said it is Channa Harcourtbutleri. Is it correct?

 

[kno4te]

headbanger_jib

 

[Fishman Dave]

Would be very surprised to find it was actually Harcourt-butleri as I believe this fish is still on the IUCN red list. Can’t really see how wide the head is from this photo but would expect it to more likely to be gachua.

 

[L3CTR0N]

Fish store said it is Channa Harcourtbutleri. Is it correct?

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Yup its a harcourtbutleri, looks just like mine.

 

[Fishman Dave]

Do you have photos of yours?

 

[seafull]

Yup its a harcourtbutleri, looks just like mine.

Thank you

 

[L3CTR0N]

Do you have photos of yours?

Mine's hiding and its lights off now. He has the exact same bars and colouration. Except those bars only come out when he's stressed. He also used to have an orange edge to his tail but it faded into a light grey.

 

[L3CTR0N]

Do you have photos of yours?

An old pic I took last year when I first moved him into this tank. He looks so sad.

 

[L3CTR0N]

Do you have photos of yours?

Another pic. Gotta admit the lighting is abit too bright.

 

[Fishman Dave]

Hard to tell from these photos, from my understanding the only real difference between gachua and harcourtbutleri much of the time is the width of the head (although I could be mistaken), so straight on or above photos would be needed (of both types really) to be able to tell for sure (without trusting the sellers id).
Would be happy to be corrected.