Paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis)

[senorkevin]

Is this a type of paradise fish? The one that is on the rock.
A yes or a no would be greatly appreciated!

 

[jwh0818]

It's hard to tell. There isn't much color to it so that kinda throws it off. It does have the structure for one. Can you get a clearer picture?

 

[senorkevin]

It is a light blue colour. I will post another pic when I get home

 

[senorkevin]

I hope this is better.

 

[jwh0818]

I hope this is better.

See it looks like one but the color isn't there

 

[senorkevin]

It has some blue on the top of it from its mouth to the fin

 

[senorkevin]

Here is the blue top

 

[senorkevin]

Still no the wiser?

 

[OwduaNM]

Still no the wiser?

It kind of looks like a moonlight gourami to me.

 

[Bichir Bro]

Same body shape of paradise, way off color, It looks {and I'm really sure it is} like a dyed one. I've only ever seen one and it looks exactly like that.

 

[jwh0818]

Same body shape of paradise, way off color, It looks {and I'm really sure it is} like a dyed one. I've only ever seen one and it looks exactly like that.

Right? It is the exact paradise fish structure but the color isn't there

 

[Bichir Bro]

Right? It is the exact paradise fish structure but the color isn't there

I'm 98.89892% sure it's a dyed version as I know they're out there but they're not common.

 

[twiddlemuffin]

It's a blue paradise fish. There's red/orange and there's blue, not sure if they're dyed or not though.

 

[Luananeko]

It kind of looks like a moonlight gourami to me.

Face shape is off for a moonlight, though if it is indeed a paradise fish of some sort (which it looks to be) they are related. I believe it's a blue paradise fish, looks just like the ones at my LFS. They're a natural color morph, not dyed.

 

[Bichir Bro]

Face shape is off for a moonlight, though if it is indeed a paradise fish of some sort (which it looks to be) they are related. I believe it's a blue paradise fish, looks just like the ones at my LFS. They're a natural color morph, not dyed.

Oh ok! Only reason why I said dyed is because the color looks unnatural and not unlike those dyed German rams.

 

[senorkevin]

So we can say it is a blue paradise fish?