I have two incisus, both males. When I got them as juviniles, both were
somewhat red in the pet store, but it was a small local store were they had
been for a while. The red color has greatly increased as they aged, and the
dominant one takes on the brighter red while the other is usually a dark,
rusty red. Every once in a while, the non-dominant one will brighten his
color to the bright red and challenge the other one. This usually involves
posturing, head shaking, fins flared, mouth open and a bright yellow stripe
that appears briefly on their forehead when challenging other fish.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tsuh Yang Chen <anggrek at juno.com>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 10:01 PM
Subject: [RML] colorless G. incisus?
>i was recently at a pet shop and saw a nice group of very healthy looking
>G. incisus, however, they were of a pale yellowish color, instead of
>bright red or brown. is this coloration temporary or normal? i thought
>the males were bright red and females brown in this species.
>
>tsuh yang chen, new york city
>
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