[quote=”Peter Finke” post=2474]As it seems, you may have got a variant of P. nagyi. I already thought so (but remained silent about it) seeing picture 2450. Now, the male does not show really the typical courtship colours, but somewhat getting in that direction.
There are some variants of nagyi living at the ast coast of western Malaysia arould Kuantan, Cherating and Pekan Nenas. It’s really a widespread location and the variants differ in many respects. To determine your fish more exactly, we need better photos. But one thing is typical: The white band in the caudal fin. It’s typical for some variants of nagyi around Kuantan. However, it’s not the typical Kuantan, since they have definitely a shorter caudal fin. Maybe it’s a Pekan Nenas or Chukai-variant.[/quote]
His body was even darker before I scared them when I went to get my camera. I’ll have to just make a practice of bringing the camera with me when I go out to check on them so that I don’t startle them. It would be really nice if they were P. nagyi. It was just nice to see them not plain striped! I still have the group of 6 together, but, at least now I can see those two are a pair and move the others. I will try for better photos next time he is displaying.