my clown knifë's pattern

[Benito]

my knife is getting big but mine has only 2 fake eyes on one side and 1 fake eye on the other, while i see your knife fish they have many many more, why is this, or do i have another species??
the knife is about 50 cm



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[skiptomyzoo]

i see diff patterns of knives of the same species quite often.

 

[snakeheader]

nice tank

 

[Red Devil]

They are all the same ...some just have more or less spots..

 

[johnuskglass]

mmm variation within the species.

 

[Miguel]

If it has spots, it is a CK....a nice one at that..

 

[LittleBigAl3]

i've seen one with 25 spots on each side!!...i've heard in captive breeding the male has always had less spots, so if that helps.

 

[cr8on]

Just a variation in patterning.

 

[benzjamin13]

Nice looking CK. CKs' spots will vary from every fish.

 

[GAR08]

mine got 13+13=26 spots