Can anyone Id this salty for me please?
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That's a Rainford's Butterflyfish I believe - Chaetodon rainfordi
Although that particular one in that photo looks like it's been modified - perhaps dyed. The physical features are clear for a Rainford's, but the banding is much too dark and looks mottled - blended with the yellows. Where the brown is, it should be lighter, speckled even with brown, not solid like that, and there should be thick and distinct yellow bands on both sides of the brown. That one is either a very rare color varient, or has been messed with.
Although that particular one in that photo looks like it's been modified - perhaps dyed. The physical features are clear for a Rainford's, but the banding is much too dark and looks mottled - blended with the yellows. Where the brown is, it should be lighter, speckled even with brown, not solid like that, and there should be thick and distinct yellow bands on both sides of the brown. That one is either a very rare color varient, or has been messed with.
water_baby83;3650762; said:
That coloration for a rainfords is quite common, with no human intervention..( dying or forced moph )..
Takes you two weeks to respond and then you pipe in with that? lmao. Naa but yea, not in any i've seen. Sure there are plenty of minute variances, but that particular one, in the pic, looks off. just sayin..
the only oddity i see is the yellowness.. normally is the sort of silvery white you see by the face and the prc fin base... other than that it looks like a perfectly normal rainsford b'fly
don't knwo if it's ommon or not, but i've never seen it... not saying much
Reefscape;3669991; said:
don't knwo if it's ommon or not, but i've never seen it... not saying much