Juvi Liberifer?

[jandb]

Lfs has these as juvi liberifer. Does that look correct? I thought efa.

 

[ryansmith83]

No, these are not liberifer.

 

[jandb]

No, these are not liberifer.

Thanks Ryan. I'm glad I didn't make the wrong decision. I've been looking for them locally for awhile and was anxious to get some.

 

[ryansmith83]

liberifer never have colored striations on the face and there are no black spots on the body except for tiny freckles. Those usually aren’t present until the fish are sub-adult.

 

[ryansmith83]

https://www.aquariumglaser.de/wp-content/uploads/5b9c0763731880f0967c14494fba8f2a.jpg

 

[jandb]

https://www.aquariumglaser.de/wp-content/uploads/5b9c0763731880f0967c14494fba8f2a.jpg

Thanks Ryan. You got that right.

 

[jandb]

liberifer never have colored striations on the face and there are no black spots on the body except for tiny freckles. Those usually aren’t present until the fish are sub-adult.

How do you sex liberifer?

 

[ryansmith83]

Well, there’s debate about that. Males usually have freckling on the gills and face while females don’t, but there are several location variants of liberifer and some I’ve seen don’t follow that rule. For instance, one of my pairs, neither sex has freckles. That’s the general rule, though.