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Not sure if they are correctly named. Local shop got in three ornauticada on Friday and I picked them up yesterday. 2 look fine, one is not looking well. Unfortunately it is the most colored one that looks poorly, the other two are very dull but swimming and eating. They are very small, probably around half the size of the other paro’s I have, but definitely with at least near adult coloration. If they make it, I will go ahead and take photos so that the experts here can possibly confirm.
They have a different body shape from my previous paro’s; I would think they could also be parvulus rather than ornauticada.
I saw the P. anjunganensis, but did not have another tank setup yet, so I will pick them up next weekend if they are still there.
Well, these must be fairly sturdy fish. When I released them from the bag they came in, the one was leaning to one side and not swimming, more floating. But, interestingly they’re all still alive today and the one that was listing to one side is at least able to stay upright, though I haven’t seen it try to eat. Looks better than yesterday though, so perhaps I will have fish to photograph after all!
Hi Jennifer, I think you will find that ornicaudata and parvulus are very similar in size and to be “small” paros even as adults. As they color up more to adulthood, they will be easy to identify which species you have. Male parvulus will have red markings on his dorsal and anal fins and the ornicaudata will show a red flame to some degree on his caudal fin.
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