Please help me ID this fish. Friedrichstahlii or Loisellei .. or else?

[karl wagner]

Hi everyone and thanks in advance for helping me clear this up. I purchased this fish as a male friedrichstahlii but in looking at other pics online, I'm wondering if it could possibly be a loisellei.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, it's not like the outcome changes much, I still love the fish, but I want to get the ID right, in the event I want to try to pair him or her up with a mate.

bye for now, Karl.

 

[AQUAMONSTER]

Loiselli. the blue on top is a dead give away

 

[BlackShark11k]

Loiselli. the blue on top is a dead give away

This! On a friedrichstahlii your going to find a grayish coloration there instead

 

[Didgeridoo]

Definitely loisellei and looks to be a male judging by the amount of blue in the upper half.

Freddies have a totally different body shape being more elongated.

 

[karl wagner]

thanks guys, I was starting to think that when I saw another fish that looked nothing like mine-marked as a Freddy, which was what mine was marked as when I got it.

I know that these fish can be difficult to discern at a small size, so now that it's put on some mass, it should be suitable for evaluation.

Thanks, now I can make sure I don't get a female freddy as a potential companion.

 

[Miguel]

agreed with Loiselei

 

[DCOWBOYS]

Just another example of how you cant rely on sales clerk.

 

[freebyrd]

Looks just like my male loisellei! Grats I love mine he is just awesome

 

[mbeatrice]

that is a deff loisellei.....