Help ID....

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many of the Herichthys develop darkened colors when displaying dominance, when coming into spawning condition, and/or guarding eggs, and when raising fry.
Below Hericthys carpintus
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below is their normal color

some others are even more dramatic.
Here is normal H pantostictus female

below when she became the dominant female in the tank

 
+2 on the Texas.
 
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