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I'm trying to get a definitive ID for my ortegai. I see many pictures with bright red markings. However, this variety is tan brown with a very sky blue tone.
Thanks very much. Would you say that the lack of bright red markings (like in many other pictures) is a natural form? Or would this have been selectively bred for this?
There are several different color variations found in A. cf. ortegai (Pebas): Morado (very blue), Dolly (mostly yellow), Naronha (blue-green/yellow), etc. Your fish is what was previously sold as A. sp. Pebas, NOT the more colorful A. sp. Papagei.