pics of wild caught A zonaternans

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pics of wild caught A zonaternans

Post by mickthefish » Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:33 am

hi all
ive just been looking through my photos and found these 3 pics of piggy4's fish that i took pics of.
if the guys would like to add them to the species index your welcome to as i think they would be a good addition there, as it shows the bright lemon hue that future generations have nearly lost now.
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this pic is of the female
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Post by daspricey » Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:01 am

W :o W! They are absolutly stunning! 8)
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Post by Graeme Robson » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:06 am

Superb! 8)

That chap is a very special one!
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Post by mickthefish » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:33 am

Graeme youve got the F2's of him.

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Post by tariesindanrie » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:45 am

Beauty! Thanks for sharing the pics!

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Post by Graeme Robson » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:52 am

mickthefish wrote:Graeme youve got the F2's of him.

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I know! :wink:

Some of his male youngsters also have a nice colouration on them. Mark and i have now made him a grandpa!
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Post by MoonPye » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:27 pm

Wow they are BEAUTIFUL!!!
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Post by Emma Turner » Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:14 pm

Beautiful, Mick. 8) Some of the wild caughts I have at the shop are really in colour right now. There are a couple of males with an almost orange-red glow about the fins.

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Post by Graeme Robson » Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:33 pm

A couple of his sibblings......

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Post by Emma Turner » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:49 pm

I got lucky with an offchance shot of the A. zonalternans when photographing other fish this evening!

The photograph doesn't really do it justice, but as you can see, the one on the right has orangey-red caudal and dorsal fins plus a 'rummy-ness' about the face - there are 2 or 3 in the tank like this:

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Post by mickthefish » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:19 pm

beautiful Emma.
it just show the variations on this fish, it's got to be the location they were caught, as they are a wide spread species.

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