Is this a calico?

Hi everyone, i just got a little bristlenose from my LFS and the shop attendant only told me that it was a bristlenose. It was sold together in a tank of commons and albinos and they were all around the same size. I've never seen my LFS selling calico's but i think it looks like one so i would be very much grateful if someone could tell me what type it is thank you.

Here are some of the photos i just took:

Yup

looks like it

Hi,I am sorry to disagree but to me it looks like a common.


Bristlenoses  

Bristlenoses, I disagree with you, This lil fella is identical to my calico's.
Chocolate body with the yellow fins & yellow mouth.

Mine have yellowed up more now they are 6cm.

bit young to tell. I have calicos that look like that and i have commons that look like that after i give them a good feed of pumpkin.

Yeah lets see how the little one turns out.


Bristlenoses  

I have to agree with Doug it is a bit young but I'm leaing toward Calico only because of the color and the pattern on the tail

Can you get some better pics of the tail pattern please maybe a pic of his tail fin spread open

Maybe the calicos over here look different because my calicos looked very different to that.



Bristlenoses  

Looks like a calico to me. I see a lot of variations with my calicos.

I have recently had a batch of calico fry, and none are so uniform in colour, they are light in patches, dark in patches. Sort of random dark brown, black and white blotches. No real pattern. The fish in that photos' colouration seemed very uniform throughout the length of the fish.