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Well as some of you know I lost my ebjd.

I have gone out and picked his replacement, meet my new vieja melanura (I believe that’s the correct name) sold as a Syns.

I’m hoping this guy/gal lightens up quite a bit as it might be the darkest mel/syns I’ve ever seen.

meet “sunset boulevard”, in retrospect it might not be the best name for such a dark fish! Haha

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Well as some of you know I lost my ebjd.

I have gone out and picked his replacement, meet my new vieja melanura (I believe that’s the correct name) sold as a Syns.

I’m hoping this guy/gal lightens up quite a bit as it might be the darkest mel/syns I’ve ever seen.

meet “sunset boulevard”, in retrospect it might not be the best name for such a dark fish! Haha

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Sorry for the loss of your EBJD. Very nice looking Vieja Melanura.
 
Looks more like a Synspilum to me. Either way, looks promising. Get us some better pics! ?
 
Looks more like a Synspilum to me. Either way, looks promising. Get us some better pics! ?
I believe synspilum and melanura were determined to be the same species with the same DNA. The syns and mel might be referring to color variations/locations??? Someone feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

I I’ll def try to get some better pictures :).....tomorrow...I just shut all my tanks off for the night
 
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good looking vieja.. i had a hetrospilla for about 10 years , nice docile fish , currently have a 7 yo black belt that's a beast ...i think i'm getting a jones for another mellow vieja..Screenshot_2014-03-09-11-02-44 (1).png
 
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