C. gachua 'Sri lanka' var.
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It is hard to tell (in the states) no on e really knows which varinant is here and which ones havent been cross bred etc.
Timmy, I fully understand what you are saying in your post and I must say that I agree with you.
But based on the literature below... do you think it is possible to distinguish 'Sri lankan' variation, if photos (juvenile) were given?C. gachua 'Sri Lanka'
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The 'Sri Lankan' variation has a lower than average dorsal fin count and has a smaller average length, between 125-150mm. The upper body colour is brown, with W-shaped cross bars. The margin of the dorsal fin is orange, whitish tipped; with one or two ocelli markings. The anal fin is green-blue, with the outer margin greyish brown and an orange or red inner stripe. The external margin of the caudal fin is orange/red. A dark lateral stripe, which runs from the snout through the eye to the opercle can be seen on the head.
Juvenile Differences in Coloration:
Young C. gachua 'Sri Lanka' have a pale, reddish-yellow upper part of the body with the lower half dark grey. A vague orange lateral band runs from the snout to the caudal. All fins are pale yellow. At 230 mm, the fish displays an occellus (sometimes two) with an orange aura on the rear of the dorsal fin, which it carries until it is between 440 and 560 mm long.
In the young found by Shaw & Shebbeare (1937), this ocellus was never present. The darker cross bars are more conspicuous( becoming obselete in adult fish) and often some black spots are scattered over the body (Weber & de Beaufort 1922).
Yo could if you had a pure bred. To my knowledge, all the variants have been imported, but since the ban, i beleive they have all been inter bred with one another etc. Do you have some pics?