Help me I.D. this fish

[stanky]

This is one of five fish I bought as fry off Craigslist. I was told they were Eureka Reds. They are about 2" in length now with only a tiny patch of blue on the anal fin and a red line across the dorsal fin.

 

[iamzrad]

The shape of the body and head lead away from being a peacock of any sort.
My guess would be a Red Empress juvie.

 

[stanky]

Thanks...I sure hope they color up......The other fish I bought whom I thought were Red Empress started coloring up alot smaller than these guys.

 

[iamzrad]

If you start seeing blue on the face, it's a male.
If no coloring starts, you got yourself a female.

 

[Hernandezj11]

Possibly a flameback?

 

[BarroomHero]

Looks like a juvie red empress to me.

 

[dent20]

Looks like my female red empress. When I bought mine the male was already in full colors.

 

[cgronko]

definitly no a eureka red lol

 

[Malawi Hawk]

definitely a red empress 100% sure

 

[kingyella]

i say red empress also,