quickly guys everybody help !!!

[flemming]

he guys
in an LFS the sell datnioides under the name pulcher.
we got some pics of the fish,what do you think pulcher or microlepis?
some pics:

[PufferXtreme]

micro :)

[flemming]

you sure?

[PufferXtreme]

yer, I'm sure, it's an indo with 3 body bars. the head profile is convex which i find personally to be a good indicator of sp. caudle peduncle is longer than pulcher. also its general colour isn't like pulcher.

very nice indo tho :)

[blacktip]

yep, microlepis

[TCZeli]

deff an Indo

[KenyanSandBoa]

You can also tell it's an IT buy the saddle on the second body stripe...I've never seen and ST with that.

[JD7.62]

With the 3-bar ITs the "saddle" is usually a dead give away that it is not an ST~!

[mark7616]

yer, I'm sure, it's an indo with 3 body bars. the head profile is convex which i find personally to be a good indicator of sp. caudle peduncle is longer than pulcher. also its general colour isn't like pulcher.

very nice indo tho :)

You know I thought it was just me that thought this im glad you said it aswell. I find IT are somewhat a different shap to ST and the colours slightly different but everyone is always talking about tail stripes etc?

[jdiidy271]

deffinetly should name it micro

[Riv D]

while we're on the subject, is this a good example of Datnoid variation breakdown?

[TCZeli]

It's not bad, but you will see alot more IT variations then just the one listed, that may not apply to the chart.

There are also another tail variant for the ST.

The chart doesn't do a good job of showing the height difference betweren ST and IT.

[krichardson]

Either the guy is lying or that is the name the fish came in under and he is sticking with it.How much is he trying to get for it?

[JD7.62]

What about the number of spiny rays in the dorsal that have black pigmentation in them? In the chart it appears that have STs 2x more black spiny rays then ITs, can anyone verify this is person? I just sold my IT last week.