Odd Looking Severums

[edpilani]

Hi all, I was hoping someone here could help.me identify these severums that I picked up at a LFS the other day. I have never seen anything like this before but I'm sure someone out there has. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

[ewok]

those almost look like rotkeils that are in HORRIBLE condition... i might be wrong but i would steer far away from those fish - they do NOT look well!

[driftwood]

They are indeed odd lookiing. Almost like line-breeding gone wrong. Could they just be a bit washed out and with a little TLC could make a comeback. The pics make it hard for me to make any real assumption at this point.

[roycarballo]

I have seen this form in severum here in Costa Rica:

looking for information, I found those pics:
http://www.cichlid.org/forums/showthread.php?t=5913

[roycarballo]

Now the severum of my friend (here in Costa Rica) looks like this