[quote=”helene” post=3037]At the moment I think there a really big ‘gap’ between the inner and outer band of spots/bands in the tail. If you look at your profile picture of your other nagyi, it certainly is broader.
But then again, perhaps we are not considering that even a small nagyi male has got to develop, – maybe it doesnt come with perfect grown up patterns right away, but develop these as it grows. [/quote]
That’s definitely right, Helene. And watching this it seems to me that the development of colouration follows no strict chronological order – which I find astounding. As far as I know, e.g. from ornithology, the development of (feather) colouration normally follows a strict chronological order. So strict that an age determination according to (plumage) colouration is possible in many species.
My “real” nagyi-male (the possible father of the one in question) developed the iridiscent bands in dorsal and anal fin from the beginning, simultaneously. But it took this male unusually long (according to expert statements) to develop the tail fin colouration.
Look here, that’s another picture of the old male (being still young):
The bands in dorsal and anal clearly visible – but the pattern of the tail fin still just a hue.
However, my “questionable” young male never shows the “normal” striped body colours, so it’s not easy to compare it to the older one in it’s younger days. As far as I remember I have never seen it in the plain brown-and-yellow paro colours – it has always shown this marked reddish colouration, even when showing stripes.
By now, it’s colouration at least remains extraordinary.