Hey Kacie
I sent you a pm and at the time I didn't see this post only the one photo you had uploaded to the gallery. After seeing these pics here is what I think.
Although both pictures resemble sp. Norte more so than Blue Neon here are some differences I notice between the two pictures.
All of these are based on comparing the two fish in question, Norte vs. Blue Neon.
Pic #1 Very dark/distinct black line through eye goes with the blue neon.
Blue spangling above and behind the eye is more noticable in Blue Neon.
However the fish is lacking the overall color of a Blue Neon, they usually show the blues and reds more more pronounced that do the Norte.
Pic #2 Blue spangling does not appear to go above the back of the eye, which is normally the case in Norte. It does somewhat but is very faint.
Black stripe running through the eye is very faint, normal in Norte.
More yellow coloring inbetween the lips and eye area of the cheek, this will appear in Norte more so than Blue Neon.
And the overall color is dull compared to pic1.
These are all just my opinion on comparing these two pictures side by side, if you took two more pics of the same fish and they showed slightly different colors and or shades I may think differently. But with what you have that is what I notice.
The main problem I am having is both fish, Norte and Blue Neon, in their tail fin the color pattern will show up in stripe form, meaning the pattern they display from the different colors makes the tail appear to be stripped. Now in pic #2 the tail looks like it has red borders with faint blue and yellow stripes, this is what we should see. Now in pic #1 the tail looks to be a very faint yellow with blue spots. This is where the main difference is, which I can't figure out why.
Here are two other Gymnogeophagus species just to clearly show what I mean by a spotted pattern tail and a stripped pattern tail.
Here is Gymnogeophagus cf. Gymnogenys which clearly shows a spotted tail pattern.
And here is Gymnogeophagus Labiatus which clearly shows a stripped tail pattern.
And here is a pic of one of my Gymnogeophagus n. sp. Blue Neon. Before I said the fish in your pics were showing traits that made me lean toward one species or the other. Like Blue Neons normally have the darker line running through the eye. Notice this fish has a very faint line through the eye, which goes against why I said what I thought yours may be, this is why this group is so confusing you may notice very faint differences from one picture to the next which may make you sway a different way. The Norte and Blue Neons are both in the "Rhabdotus" Group and are very hard to tell apart.
I am 100% sure this is a Blue Neon as it was imported to Canada from Felipe Cantera who is the main guy not only in collecting and naming Gymnogeophagus species but he is also the only person to export Gymno's out of Uruguay.
Notice the stripped tail pattern.
With your fish in pic #1 because of the spotted tail pattern I would actually lean more towards Gymnogeophagus n. sp. "Sequeira", rather than either Norte or Blue Neon. Although this to would be nothing more than a guess I must say. The only way to know for sure would be to get ahold of the person you got the fish from and hope to trace back where they originally came from.
Sorry for the long winded post, just figured I would put all my thoughts and the things I noticed at once.
Brian
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