What kind of festivum is this?

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They yellow and reflective scales make it seem like M. mirificus, but without seeing the stress bars to confirm the pattern it will be hard to say for certain.
 
I've had several wild groups and even long-time cichlid keepers have disagreed about the species I had. And there were variations within the groups. I had eight fish all from the same source and were sold as the same species, but two ended up bright yellow and the rest silver. So it gets really tricky. I just call them Mesonauta now.
 
I got a couple shot with the festivum showing its bars, for some reason its bars keep showing and its chasing the others around i wonder if its exhibiting mating behavior

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