Help To Identify Fish Please.....

katykaye

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A few weeks ago I bought 5 Purple Emperor Tetras - or so I thought. They have grown quite rapidly and there are 3 different types of fish! I am fairly sure the top one is an Emperor but have no idea about the other 2. Any suggestions?
Many Thanks :)



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hope the pics work!!
 
The second pic is female purple emperor tetra. The last picture is just another color strain of purple emperor tetra and its male too.
 
Hi, Your fish are Emperor tetras (Nematobrycon palmeri) as they don't have an adipose fin. The top fish is a male, with the longer elongated tail fin, the middle fish is a female, with the smaller tail fin, the bottom fish looks like another female. The Purple/Blue emperor tetra (Inpaichthys kerri) have the same sized tail fins in both sexes but these have an adipose fin, Bluish colour on males and an orange colour in females, hope this helps, Alan
 

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