Peacock cichlid head marks

[Oli]

Got some peacocks today from a reputable breeder. They seem really healthy, colourful and active, but I’ve noticed a couple of the males have these sort of grey patches on their forehead. It is the bigger males and they are eating and behaving normally? Is this a problem like hith or simply colouration/maybe from fighting?

 

[Oli]

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[Stefan3289]

Does is look like indented or is it more of a surface think like color wise? I have South American cichlids and my severum and EBA sometimes went at it and they have some marks on them similar to that but smaller.

 

[Oli]

No dents, purely colouration, almost like missing scales

 

[Sgooosh]

I think it is just coloration because the scales are still on the head
i saw some of these fish that had patterns like this, but not as much as yours

edit::
even photos of fish online sometimes have it

 

[Stefan3289]

No dents, purely colouration, almost like missing scales

did you see how the other look if yhe breeder had any? If there is, it’s likely just some kind of lack of pigment I think at least