Definitely a pastel! The pictures are just poor quality. You can kind of see the very light head characteristic of a nice pastel about 45 degrees under the "G" from the sign on the tank. It has buried the rest of its face in a coil. I've been seriously considering getting it, as I do have a spare cage in my classroom that my students have been asking for me to fill on a daily basis. I might drop by there today to check it out again...