Thanks for your reply, Ozzie. Nice photo and good looking and interesting female. What did the males offspring of your mix breeding look like?
Anything is possible with the fish I have, since I know nothing about their lineage or province. Some say that unless a fish is from a known collecting locale and kept pure by breeders, then is it so be assumed they are hybrids, since apparently, all convicts other than pure locals, are assumed to have been mixed by keepers/breeders. Others, with top knowledge, field collecting experience and decades of keeping pure lines, suggest the ones I have are possibly a pure form of either nigrofasciata, siquia and a few have even suggested kanna. I tend to lean toward the fist two. It can equally be said that females from wild populations of all three species can show intense, bright colors in body and finnage, similar to yours and mine females.
But, again, without knowing for sure, it's all educated guesses at best.
