Polleni ID please

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First off, beautiful male, congrats!

Now allow me to simplify this for yourself or anyone who reads this at a later date.

P. bleekeri do not exist in the hobby. See following link for further explanation.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?586179-Id-on-paratilapia

Far be it for myself or anyone else here to argue with Patrick de Rham et al.


All other Paratilapia polleni in the hobby, sans some kind of provenance back to a collection location in the wild are simply P. polleni "large spot" or P. polleni "small spot". (aquarium strain) Consider them trade names, hobby names, whatever, without a collection location that is about as specific as one as going to be able to get.
 
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