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I recently got a wild fish and it was sold as
a male A. sp. Breitbinden. After careful
observation, i have some doubts... so, does it
really look like an A. sp. Breitbinden? Is it a male fish?
Thanks.
No, the dorsal fin is too high & the fish do not have the dark patch on the lower half of the caudal peduncle of A. brevis. The caudal markings are too fine for A. personata, nor does it have the broad dark band between the eyes that are characteristic of A. personata. Neither A. brevis nor A. personata (that we know about, since live specimens have not been imported) have the bi-color tail that is characteristic of A. sp. Broad-band/Breitbinden.