Odd Golden Killifish

[Rex740]

A long time ago I bought a golden killifish and I loved him in my tank. Now a couple months later my lfs got a new shipment of golden killifish. I didnt want to buy another but... I was looking at them and then I noticed out of the bunch that one of them had black stripes and black spots on his tail. Is this a rare variation of the golden killifish or a different species or what is it?

 

[matt295]

are you referring to the golden dream panchax killifish, Pachypanchax playfairi? the picture on liveaquaria shows this killi with blue/black stripes on his tail and fins.

 

[Rex740]

Well the store stocked on regular golden killifish, the ones that are just all green with red on the edges of there fins. This new one that I bought was the only one that has kind of like a striped patterning near its tail. This new one has green spots instead of just being completely green. I will post pictures of the new weird one when I get the chance. I might also take a picture of my old normal golden one.

P.S.- It is not Pachypanchax playfairi.

 

[BigC]

The golden panchax (Aplocheilus lineatus) is only a colour morph of the wild lineatus and if you google a picture of that you will find that they do have stripes, they do have spots and they do have red colouration in the tail and fin edges,
http/www.bajcik.pl/sklep/shop_image/prod...30eab26649d.jpg
Regards
BigC

 

[Rex740]

That doesnt really look like him. I got pictures.

Here is the picture of my first golden killifish, the one that is always at my lfs.

I took two pictures of the new killifish I found in the bunch of the normal ones. I took two because one shows the blackish stripes and the other shows his color (couldnt get a pic that showed both of its pattern and color for some reason).

The striped picture.

The colorful picture.

 

[DarkEntity]

The bottom image is a wild colouration of the Panchax. The Golden Version above is the human bred variety.

 

[BigC]

The bottom image is a wild colouration of the Panchax. The Golden Version above is the human bred variety.

Ditto