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Does this look like a yellow and three reds and a yellow and two reds to anyone else?

One more photo of them.

True Reds, never have the white in the occeli running along the backbone. That is a dead give away, they are not true reds.

Western desert Reds(the original reds) never have that white down the back.

The pic is of the original female that produced the red desert ackies. Notice all the differences. Cheers

There are no true red ackies in that lot. The male is a Mt. Isa, and the females are from that area, may be german reds(a reddish form of V.a.brachyurus.

Consider, most if not all Yellows originally came from the Cloncurry Mt.Isa area. There are many many color morphs in that area. All are included in, V.a.brachyurus.

Of course their actual history can include crossing to reds or other types. That is an unknown.

The only problem with these is, the male has an extreme amount of head pattern for his type. But still within normal. If there is any doubt, it would be the male being a cross. But other then head makings, it appears normal Yellow ackie. So its most likely is a bold patterned yellow(they do exsist)

Cheers

Thanks for the great info.
Those four are siblings from the same clutch. I just purchased the male(the one that isn't red) from a friend that bought it when just hatched and who raised it seperate from my females. He fed it lots of scrambled eggs while I feed mine mostly insects. I don't know if that is why it looks so different. He kept it on cypress mulch in one half of the cage and red calcium sand in the other half of the cage. I keep mine on costruction sand for digging and cypress mulch.
Below is a photo of the parents that I purchased as Reds. So thanks for letting me know they are not true reds. Your knowledge on these is a great resource for the rest of us. Thanks again.

Still no reds. Again the white down the back. Also the tails are different. Reds have a much bolder pattern of bands and is not so broken up. Also, Reds have way larger and stronger spines on the tail.

Those could be crosses, but then they could merely be reddesh yellows.(german reds). I would consider them yellows unless someone exposed them as crosses. Cheers

I will also consider them reddish yellows from now on.
Any ideas why the male from the same clutch turned out so different looking from the three females? These four were hatched by me, so I am sure they have the same parents.
Can they be sexually dimorphic? I know my male Western Giant yellow ackie has a much more distinct pattern than the two females of the trio.
or might it be the different foods?
Thanks, RP

Some males tend to have a bolder pattern. In fact, my group, 1.3 yellows is much like yours, a bold male, a reddish female and two tweeners.

Also, this is only theory, the actual location types of ackies have most likely been crossed in captivity. At least they are from the same general area. Good luck and post your progress

This is a red or acanthurus..

One of my babies, growing up..

6 months old...