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maybe the pix software is acting up; I see 2 fishes but no heads.....
as far as I can see without the head; this is the brichardi x decorus or brichardi x ornatipinnis hybrid.
a nice looking fish, but unfortunately the replacement for the real thing in most of the LFS, because they're a fraction of the price, but they're sold as the real stuff with the price tag of the original species
in short: rip-off scenario's by LFS and wholesale alike.
A hybrid that is becoming increasingly available - this is the one being passed off as ornatipinnis & is being called zebra syno or some variation of this
Lou: Every young man's fantasy is to have a three-way. Jacob: Yeah not with another fu**!ng guy! Lou: It's still a three-way!
sorry about the pictures. i was hoping this would be a true ornatipinnis. the head pattern is very similar and the stripes on the tail is the same as well.