Polistygma or livingstonii?

[Adam GR]

Hi there
I was considering this fish as livinstonii but decided to ask for second opinion.
What do you think ? Stonii or Poly?

 

[Milingu]

Looks like both. The big blotch pattern is not clear enough for a livinstoni but I don't see enough small spots for a polystigma.
Stressed livingstoni can show that "dirty" pattern. Polygstima sometimes fade their small spots.
N. polystigma males show a lot of small spots in the pectoral fins that are normaly not seen in livingstoni male pectoral fins. But there are exceptions.
Still I tend a bit towards livingstoni.

 

[Adam GR]

Looks like both. The big blotch pattern is not clear enough for a livinstoni but I don't see enough small spots for a polystigma.
Stressed livingstoni can show that "dirty" pattern. Polygstima sometimes fade their small spots.
N. polystigma males show a lot of small spots in the pectoral fins that are normaly not seen in livingstoni male pectoral fins. But there are exceptions.
Still I tend a bit towards livingstoni.

He is not really stressed, from 2 weeks lives with similarly sized fishes in 5ft 120g. He is not the biggest one in there but still shows plenty of aggression and 2days ago starts coloring (I hope you can notice that blue shade on attached pic). I have one more stonii in that tank, maybe an inch bigger then this one but less aggressive, I guess its female.

 

[Adam GR]

omg this forum is so dead.

 

[BigBeardDaHuZi]

That really looks like a polystigma to me, but u/milingu is right about the small spots.

I would still bet on it being a poly

 

[Fishnkdub]

It looks like a hybrid to me. The four lines around the eyes, the dots on the fins looks like livingstonii but the overall blotchiness looks poly. Here is my old male poly to compare. Does yours have blotches on the pectoral fins?

 

[Fishnkdub]

I am changing my vote to polystigma. Mine too had dots on the fins when smaller