Lookin good
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There is still a lot of confusion over this fish along with zonatus and species coatzacoalas.
To Id these three can be very tricky.some experts believe they could infact be natural hybrids of each other with zonatus being the type species.
Veija guttulatus is said to be very variable in colour.a red tail in some and others with the red spotting like in the op's fish.
The op's fish is not that often seen in the hobby and I must say is a stunning fish.
Here is a pick of my old guttulatus just for comparison of how variable they can be from one location to another.
Concerned hobbyists should strive to preserve these different lines from each location but we all know that story.
To Id these three can be very tricky.some experts believe they could infact be natural hybrids of each other with zonatus being the type species.
Veija guttulatus is said to be very variable in colour.a red tail in some and others with the red spotting like in the op's fish.
The op's fish is not that often seen in the hobby and I must say is a stunning fish.
Here is a pick of my old guttulatus just for comparison of how variable they can be from one location to another.
Concerned hobbyists should strive to preserve these different lines from each location but we all know that story.
I believe it means something like it resembles a Guttatus but may not definitely be a Guttatus, could be reclassified similar to Geophagus cf. Basiliensis
From practicalfishkeeping
Lots of fishkeepers mistakenly think that cf. in a scientific name means "colour form" but it has a rather different meaning, as Matt Clarke explains.
The abbreviation cf. comes from the Latin word conferre, which means “compare to” or “confer.” It’s not short for colour form, as some mistakenly believe.
The use of cf. in a scientific name (for example Schistura cf. balteata - the loach pictured above) means that the person using the name is saying the fish should be compared to a given species, as it might not be exactly the same species.
It’s a way of applying a provisional name to a species and is most frequently used when new fish are discovered that look slightly different to the form normally encountered. It indicates that the fish might be a variant of the same species, but could also turn out to be something completely different.
