WHAT AM I?

[fleabilly]

I bought about ten of these last summer for my tank.
They were small and beautiful.
Now they are large and beautiful.
And I have no idea what they are.
I have spent hours on the internet looking,
But so far I have not found anything.
They seem like tetras of some kind,
But the fins are slightly different.
Mostly black, with either green or blue eyes
And the head is slightly grey.

Great fish.
Just wish I knew what they were so I could research them a bit.

Sent

 

[quayhouse]

My guess would be Emperor Black Tetra (Nematobrycon amphiloxus)? But this would be the colour morph of the 'regular' Emperor Tetra. beautiful fish. I love black fish and the gold highlights and blue eyes are very striking.

 

[Mortis]

I have also seen them as Purple tetras or purple emperor tetras

 

[Tomfish]

Well that's false advertisement, I was expecting a philosophical discussion on the ontology of existence Cool looking tetras though.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
They look really healthy. Because they've got blue eyes, they are Nematobrycon palmeri. If they are all purple and all have central tail extensions? they are all male.

cheers Darrel