Help ID'ing my Payara -Hydrolycus

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Simonas

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I've kept armatus, tatuaia and scombs before but not for over a year.

I picked up this new fish 2 weeks ago. bought as a Tatuaia.

A few people on the FB pages have said its armatus which I dont agree with.

Saying that this one is incredibly greedy unlike my old tatt and takes everything I put in with the lights on and whilst in water column and just keeps eating till it looks like it will burst

What do you think? It's about 7"tat 1.jpeg
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I've kept armatus, tatuaia and scombs before but not for over a year.

I picked up this new fish 2 weeks ago. bought as a Tatuaia.

A few people on the FB pages have said its armatus which I dont agree with.

Saying that this one is incredibly greedy unlike my old tatt and takes everything I put in with the lights on and whilst in water column and just keeps eating till it looks like it will burst

What do you think? It's about 7"View attachment 1570250
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kno4te kno4te
I've kept armatus, tatuaia and scombs before but not for over a year.

I picked up this new fish 2 weeks ago. bought as a Tatuaia.

A few people on the FB pages have said its armatus which I dont agree with.

Saying that this one is incredibly greedy unlike my old tatt and takes everything I put in with the lights on and whilst in water column and just keeps eating till it looks like it will burst

What do you think? It's about 7"View attachment 1570250
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kno4te kno4te
 
these do get tricky ! Doesn't look like Scomb, or red tail tat to me...doesn't look armatus as well but here's my 7-8" Armatus for example if yours is really the same size as mine which it doesn't because the face structure of yours looks a lot younger

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Here's him at 4"! I'd say keep growing and come back to this post a few more weeks for a better I.D ! That's what I do when there's a new ATF I can't I.D at a small age 👌

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