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element

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these fish were sent to me as A. pertensis they're still young but they look more like gephyra to me. can someone confirm or ID what they actually are?

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What an interesting fish! It certainly is not A. pertensis. This species has a well developed caudal spot separate from the lateral band. Since I do not see a metallic blue patch at the corner of the mouth, I doubt that it is an agassizii-complex fish, like A. gephyra. It reminds me of a highly elongated brevis-group species - like a stretched A. sp. Breitbinden. Are these wild fish? How large is the male in photo 2 (top) of you most recent set? Can you supply any other information?
 

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These fish are wild , they came from Oliver lucanus , by way of a retailer.
the fish you asked about is ~ 2" the rest are between 1 and 2" and thats pretty much all i know .

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