[quote=”ourmanflint” post=3136]Superb photos Stefanie!
Is the purple/blue belly that pronounced in real life or is that a camera color change?[/quote]
No, I’m afraid that’s an artefact caused by the camera. The belly is silvery in this mood.
But I have the impression that young nagyi males (at least those from Pekan Nenas) have a stronger turquoise tinge in the iridescent bands of dorsal and anal fin than older males. I looked through older photos of my old male and noticed this, and now looking at the young male I notice the same.
The bands of my older male are now of a greenish golden colouration, as shown in my avatar photo. I don’t think that it’s an artefact because the same camera with the same settings shows turquoise bands in the young and green-golden bands in the older male.