How to distinguish a "la ceiba' from a loiselli?

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Jack Dempsey
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I recently picked up a 4" lioselli from my lfs a couple weeks ago. I made a post to get the sex id, and most of the posters said it was the 'la ceiba' strain.. After looking at a few of terd ferguson's pictures of the 2 side by side, it got me thinkin maybe I did get one mislabeled. My question is what are some of the things I can look for to tell what I have? He's kind of hard to get a decent pic of right now, so it's all I got. First is with flash, 2nd without

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The odds of you getting unlabled "La Ceiba" in Texas are remote, I don't recall shipping any to there, but Rapps may have, they would be more costly too, look like regular Loisellei to me. Wild La Ceiba pics below, the only two wild pairs that are in the hobby. Ken

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