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[newworld]

Does have a resemblance to minckleyi, but prob just another hybrid...

 

[Rass]

This does resemble a couple of my minckleyi! They have the gold eye as well.

 

[Toiletcar]

Yes I agree w/ minckley. It could be, but wasn’t on my radar because they are very rare.

 

[duanes]

I agree with the possibility of H minckleyi.
Th yellow eye, the number of spots (bars), the profile of the head are all right.

But the idea that anyone would let such a rare and valuable species go, is beyond my wheelhouse.

 

[Magnus_Bane]

I agree with the possibility of H minckleyi.
Th yellow eye, the number of spots (bars), the profile of the head are all right.

But the idea that anyone would let such a rare and valuable species go, is beyond my wheelhouse.

Could've been just a case of mistaken identity and they didn't actually know what they had. I've had it a couple of times where I bought the wrong fish just because it was being sold as something else entirely.