Celestial Pearl Danio Hybrid?

[lilsd]

Went to my LFS yesterday and they had a nearly empty tank with 6 lonely looking CPDs in it. I’ve been thinking about getting a few CPDs for awhile now, and they were on sale and calling my name, so I took them home. After acclimating and adding them to my tank, I was watching them, and there was just something a little bit “different” about them. I haven’t had CPDs before, but did some googling and it seems I have CPD x dwarf emerald rasbora hybrids, which look slightly different. Has anyone else seen these in stores advertised as CPD? I don’t plan to breed them, I just got them to enjoy. Their care requirements are still the same and they’re still pretty, and they are healthy so I’ve got no problem with keeping them, it was just an interesting surprise and I’m curious if this is a common issue with this species.

 

[gwand]

Looks like a CPD to me. I have CPDs in the same tank as dwarf emerald raspora. See pic.

 

[MattW]

The start of the caudal fin is different. The black spot is present on the CPDS a trait known to the Emeralds.

 

[lilsd]

Looks like a CPD to me. I have CPDs in the same tank as dwarf emerald raspora. See pic.

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Maybe my OCD is showing but if you look at mine, they don’t have stripes on their fins/tails, and they all have the bold dot at the base of the tail that you see in the emerald rasbora, which I don’t see in any photos of true CPDs

 

[gwand]

Thanks. Good pick up. I learned something.

 

[MattW]

Ive just had a look on Reddit and have seen many posts showing the same patterns. Two OP's claim they bought them listed as CPD x EDR hybrids