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Treefork
12-13-2010, 6:11 PM
Ok I had a thread a while back to ID this fish.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=237337


He's grown considerably and is in much better shape, however I'm still not convinced he's p. pulcher, almost thinking he's a hybrid. Picture #1 is a current shot of him and picture #2 is a male krib I purchased from the same batch at the LFS. You can see the tapered dorsal fin in shot #2, and though you can't see in #1, he doesn't taper like that, his looks more like the female pulcher or the p. taeniatus which I have included a photo of in picture #3 (one of mine). Also, notice the amount of red on the krib, the other krib males I have have yellow in the face not red. See picture #2 and my avatar which is my adult male krib who's going on a year old. Picture #1 is definately a male though, he is constantly challenging my other male and when he was in with my taeniatus, he challenged all three males regularly and tried wooing the ladies.

So, anyone have any opinions?

Treefork
12-14-2010, 1:38 PM
Anyone?

Taysius
12-16-2010, 10:30 AM
I'm no help but I can give you a free bump.

Treefork
12-16-2010, 1:59 PM
Thanks, I guess it really doesn't make a difference if it is or if it isn't, I just thought it was interesting. :)

msjinkzd
12-16-2010, 2:22 PM
can you get clearer shots with a side view?

Treefork
12-18-2010, 12:18 AM
I'll try again in the morning when the lights are back on. His dorsal fin looks very similar to the last picture though.

Treefork
12-18-2010, 8:05 PM
Ok was finally able to catch the little sneaky guy. Notice the profile is more similar to the p. taeniatus photo than it is to the other p. pulcher.