What Is This Fish? He Looks Like A Rainbow, But Not Really.

Meggy

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I just bought a juvenile "exasperatus" from my LFS for $5.99 (I thought the price could possibly help in identification :D ).

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:

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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):

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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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