Fish ID question

[Lvkas]

Alright I figured this would be a good first question for the forum. Yesterday I went to a new LFS 1 1/2 hours from my house for some CPDs. When I finally got back home I was looking in the bag while the fish was acclimating and noticed that one of the fish I had received was a random straggler from the sales tank at the store. Does anyone have an idea on what fish this is ? 

Thank you in advance for any potential help!

P.S. not only is this my first post but I’m doing it off my iPhone so if this is not properly formatted please let me know

[Colu]

Looks like a scarlet badis

[Odd Duck]

@Coluis right, scarlet badis.  Almost certainly a male.  Females are uncommon to rare to see in most pet shops since they are pale grey, minimal markings, and rarely over 1/2” long from what I’ve read.  I once thought I had found 2 females and a male.  Nope, subdominant males.

[Lvkas]

@Colu @Odd Duck Thank you for the replies! With it being a scarlet badis should I make the drive to bring it back? This tank has Pygmy Cory’s, CPDs, and a pair of apistogramma cacatuoides. 

[Odd Duck]

The Apistos might be a problem.  It’s hard to tell exactly how big the badis is from the photo, but they never get over an inch long and rarely over 3/4” long for males.  That’s pushing size differential with your Apistos.

[Cinnebuns]

I saw the pic and said out loud "it's a bada$$"  can't not think that when seeing this fish. 

Also, when's it my turn to get a cool random free fish or invert?  All I ever get is the only snails I don't want!  I once saw on Facebook someone got a free crab in their online order!  

Edited August 20, 2022 by Cinnebuns