Is this color normal on a Bichir?

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Is this severe neon green color normal on a Mokelembembe? It almost looks like it has Green Fluorescent Protein trait, doesn’t it! This picture is not the best, he colors up more towards the evening. This was taken in the morning.

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Is this severe neon green color normal on a Mokelembembe? It almost looks like it has Green Fluorescent Protein trait, doesn’t it! This picture is not the best, he colors up more towards the evening. This was taken in the morning.

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Yeah this color is fairly normal. Especially when bichirs are kept on black sand. Several other upper jaw species and a few lower jaw species can display similar/same green.
 

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