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While at the fish store last night I saw some beautiful fish, and would
like to know if anyone is familiar with them.  The fish was called a
"Blueberry Tetra", a small (4 cm long and oval in shape) silver fish with
the faintest blue visible in the right light.   One of the employees thought 
its scientific name was Gymnocorymbus ternetzi.  Now this, I believe, is 
the Black tetra and has a couple of vertical Black strips (the Blueberry
Tetra that I saw and the black tetra do look a lot alike in size and
shape).  Can G. ternetzi assume this color color pattern.  

I understand from Baensch's Atlas the the G. ternetzi and the G. thayeri 
are often confused.  I think that it is more reasonable to assume that the
fish that I was is more likely a G.thayeri, but I can't tell from the
pictures whether G.thayeri has this blue tinge.

Now here is where I really get confused.  This store also had a large
number of what were called "Assorted Color Albino Black Tetras", each fish
was basically silver with either a green, red or blue hue (deeper blue than
the "Blueberry").  The posted scientific name was also G. ternetzi.  Again,
I think it more likely that these are G. thayeri, but their colors are so
vivid.  
Baensch says P.264 Re: Maintenance of G. thayeri 
	"A darker tank bottom, strong filteration and plants offering 
	hiding places will encourage the brighter solors which come 
	from happy fish."

But as my wife said, I don't think those fish are THAT happy!

Are these fish displaying their natural colors or have they been painted :(

Comments?? more info would be appreciated.

Thanks

Cameron
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Cameron Smith                    Curiouser and Curiouser!!
MPR Teltech Ltd.
Burnaby B.C.  V5A 4B5
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