Boesemani or Parkinson Rainbow?

sonik200 said:

Can anyone tell if this a Boesemani or Parkinson rainbow? got him out of the mix Rainbow tank at LFS. Thanks

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Could be a Parkinson :wink: The only chance that it could be a boesemani is if its still a juvenile/teen

it look slightly different than the 4 Boesemani I have in the tank and it's also bigger. All 4 of my boesemani half their body are orange and this guy got some yellow at the front part of the body too.

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its a female bosmani.

look at the second page of the bosmani profile
http://rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au/Boesemani.htm

They tend to be more green/blue ish. They also get more yellow or orange in them when stressed.

parkinsoni are a much longer slender bow, and they start out light blue and gain the color in their tails as they age, it is very pronounced as well as the color grows towards its head
http://rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au/Parkinsn.htm

cool thanks. I thought female boesmani doesn't have much color on them, this one is actually pretty colorful.

No probs. There are a few species of bows that have females looking very pretty, Female Lacustrus look like males. Female pygmaeya while a little less colorful are very pretty as well.