I just bought a juvenile "exasperatus" from my LFS for $5.99 (I thought the price could possibly help in identification 
).
I looked up exasperatus and there appear to be two or three different genuses with exasperatus species, but none resembles my fish at all.
Here's a rainbow with a horizontal, blotchy black bar like the new fish has, and somewhat similar overall coloring:
And here's my fish (looking pretty washed out - the horizontal bar is completely invisible - but not to worry, he seems to be doing fine otherwise):
There's also a prominent black blotch on the dorsal fin, which is red across the top. The coloring sort of reminds me of a Ram with the yellow, turquoise and black this fish has when he's more saturated.
).I looked up exasperatus and there appear to be two or three different genuses with exasperatus species, but none resembles my fish at all.
Here's a rainbow with a horizontal, blotchy black bar like the new fish has, and somewhat similar overall coloring:
And here's my fish (looking pretty washed out - the horizontal bar is completely invisible - but not to worry, he seems to be doing fine otherwise):
There's also a prominent black blotch on the dorsal fin, which is red across the top. The coloring sort of reminds me of a Ram with the yellow, turquoise and black this fish has when he's more saturated.
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