Same question again – me having been completely sure to have three females in the last months. And now this….
The fish has occupied the cave, coming out from time to time to chase the same female (the third one doesn’t dare to show a single fin … She hides and is nowhere to be seen).
In the last hour I have tried to detect similarities to forms and species (looking through the illustrations of the new paro-books of Finke/Hallmann and of Linke). Not very successful …..
A few times the fish showed something like a display towards the female:
There is no iridiscent colour to be seen. The dorsal and anal fin show a very dark chestnut colour, looking almost black when in the “mood”:
Both fins show a black seam on the outer margin, in this picture to be seen in the anal fin::
The caudal fin shows a lighter band:
Here another “chase”, poor quality, but showing the sexy eyes and very dark fins of the questionable fish:
I can not say that I have a suspicion what form or species this might be. The fin colouration – chestnut without iridescence, but not anjunganensis. And as I said – these are no small, graceful paros. I must confess that to me the body shape is much stouter and sturdier than in any paro I have seen (most of them on photos).
And the question still (or again) is – male or female? I have never heard about a female being so dominant that she even shows sexy eyes, besides an unusual dark colouration, while chasing another female (and chasing only one of the two further females living in the tank).
What do you think?