yet another "help me ID..." post, please

[Angler]

Not so much, if you interpret it properly. I'm not saying it IS a hybrid...perhaps I should have said "most likely a very poorly bred one, but possibly a hybrid". I'm just not as "h-word" happy as most people are, so I'm calling it a poorly bred lombardoi rather than instantly calling it a hybrid.

Either way, even if you consider it a contradiction...at least I'm not calling it an afra

Yes, I know. Afra was not a well thought out suggestion. At first, I thought maybe Lions Cove, but when I look at the picture again, it is clearly not an Afra. The bars are much more like Kenyi that Afra.

 

[fish head )'>]

I see messed up Kenyi.

 

[straitjacketstar]

I see

M. lombardoi
P. acei
M. lombardoi

I don't think a fish is so terribly bred if it's got an extra bar or two. The male looks good, single eggspot just like he's supposed to have, just one extra bar. Of course, that's just the one side. lol
The first one however has two extra bars and a split in one. Still not enough to deem it "hybrid" but not the best in lombardoi standards. Very nice fish though, all three.