ID: What fish is this?

[Matt Ford]

I'm not so sure Quixotic. That second lot look like xanthic Pristella maxillaris to me.

[Quixotic]

Haha, more man made forms? I am pretty sure they are the same as I have seen them at the LFS recently. They are actually stocked quite frequently here.

I have seen the xanthic form of P. maxillaris before, assuming we are talking about the same fish, where the (yellow?) markings are visible on the caudal and anal fins. Seems to be missing in the fish above though.

[EvolutionZ]

Same fish.

P.S. So I have taken the liberty to remove the other thread as it serves the same purpose here.

thanks quixotic..

[Vadim]

Possible var. of Pristella maxillaris, juv., in Russia known as Pristella maxillaris "georgetta". Sometimes albino and the normal form.

[EvolutionZ]

thanks for the id bro..
they are very interesting..
eat NLS pellets.. their stomach are brown.. eat fozen bloodworm they turn red!

some lousy shots.. they school tightly too.

[ranmasatome]

i'd agree with matt.. look at evolutionz batch.. they show the typical characteristics for that fish...especially at the dorsal fins.

[EvolutionZ]

yea.. some of them have slight black dot on the dorsal.

[Quixotic]

Ooops, yeah, my bad. Upon researching, there seems to be several forms of P. maxillaris namely "gold", "georgetta", "georgetta gold".

What I can make out (hardly) is that the "gold" variant is probably the golden (or xanthic?) form of adult P. maxillaris, "georgetta" is probably transparent (leucistic?) form of juveniles while "georgetta gold" is the golden extension of "georgetta".

So many bred forms...

[Vadim]

I think "georgetta" is full black eyes.

[EvolutionZ]

mine is full black eye..