Help identifying fish

Sprry537

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i bought this fish a while ago along with cherry barbs from my pet store and told it was an albino cherry barb. I thought this for a while as it is the same size as my other cherry barbs but over time I believe it is something different. It has a deeper V tail fin than the barbs and it’s nose is more downturned. I think it is some sort of bottom feeder based on its behavior of staying on the bottom and often picking through sand/gravel, never surface feeds and does not socialize with other cherry barbs. Any suggestions would be nice. Thanks!
 

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I've had albino cherry barbs in the past and none of them looked like perfectly formed cherry barbs. Your photo looks like a female albino cherry barb - mine were orange males and yellow females, all with red eyes.
I think the tail fin is misleading - the batch that this one came from could also have been selectively bred to get longer fins. I have one photo of one of my albino females, and she looks to have a downturned mouth. I'll attach it so you can see.


female albino cherry barb.JPG
 

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