I think my Bentosi are Rosy Tetra!

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Been googling - my fish have a black line from top of eye to bottom. It says that Rosy Tetra have that! Other than that I can’t tell the diff but they def do have that black line!!

This isn’t a great pic, but you can see the line in the bottom fish...
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How odd! Cool to know though!
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I think they're bentosi as they have a dark area just behind the gills. ;) It gets more pronounced as they grow. The black in fins is more dominant as well, which is why they get called whitetip rosy as it shows the white up more.
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Oh.


Lol!! There’s me gettin all fish anorak like I know what I’m talkin about!! But what of the black line over the eye? Bentosi pics I looked at didn’t have it...


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Can they hybridise?
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Can they hybridise?
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Funny - was just wondering that - like my not gold gourami!!


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Bentosi has that dark mark just behind the gills that yours have. Rosaceus doesn't.
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Bentosi has that dark mark just behind the gills that yours have. Rosaceus doesn't.
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What about the line down the eye?


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I think it's the same in both.
They are very close cousins, possibly from the same genetic original......
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I think it's the same in both.
They are very close cousins, possibly from the same genetic original......
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Yay! They’re Bentosies then!!


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