Are all of those fish P.delhezi?

Xeno

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Hey there,
For half a year I'm keeping 3 Polypterus now.
But those three little guys are looking very different from each other.

The 1st one is coloured light grey with "fading" bars.
The 2nd one looks like a normal Delhezi!
And the 3rd one's pattern almost looks like the pattern of a juvenile P.weeksi!

Pleade help me id these fish!
Cause if it's a P.weeksi my 120gal should be not big enough to keep it..

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DMD123

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They are all delhezi so no worry of an enormous bichir. A weeksii can have a similar pattern with the banding but it also is distinguished by a very big head that gives them the nickname 'fat head'.
 
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Cosmic_surfer

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My delhizi looks nothing like those, the banding is pretty minimal... it has nice colors though, and it's head looks like it has little emerald speckles on it.
 
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