Rotkeil?

[gavinh87]

G gavinh87 Does this look familiar?

These were in my batch of F1 notatus from wild parents. I have no idea what conditions cause the 6th and 7th bar to fuse at the top, but it's funny (and maybe purely coincidental) that our fish share the same aberration.

If your fish are notatus, the black spotting on the gills should continue to grow and expand and they will develop yellow/orange/rust colored chests with a yellowish-green base color through the body.

It certainly does look familiar! Notatus they are then thanks guys, nice pics btw.

 

[ryansmith83]

It's still possible that they're efasciatus. I've seen little ones with nice black spotting that vanishes with age. You really won't be sure until they get a bit larger and their adult coloration comes in. But either way, they're certainly not rotkeil.

 

[gavinh87]

I'll update this when they grow a few more inches, thanks guys.