3-Bars Indo or ST? Part 2

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Alright here the pictures the best i can get...I purchase 2 wide bar so hopefully it's a wide bar. I've paid full price both for wide bar price so it gotta be wide bar.:D

7-8"

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8-9"

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aw man sorry to burst your bubble but those are indo dats.
one looks like a widebar from one side but that's about it.

it's all in the tail section. STT = only 2 bars, one bar on the tail and the 2nd bar usually extending to the back dorsal fin and stopping near the top spikes.
 
I'd guess the first one is a microlepis and the second one a pulcher.
 
inline4;1706619; said:
aw man sorry to burst your bubble but those are indo dats.
one looks like a widebar from one side but that's about it.

it's all in the tail section. STT = only 2 bars, one bar on the tail and the 2nd bar usually extending to the back dorsal fin and stopping near the top spikes.

:iagree:
 
I think both are ST now...but really who cares, I mean its just a name. They are great looking tigers. The whole ST/IT thing shouldnt matter when they are quality dats like this. It just so happens there are more quality STs then ITs hence the high demand and now decreased supply.

Id bet that if four bar ITs were as rare as STs the price on them would be sky high too!
 
inline4;1706619; said:
it's all in the tail section. STT = only 2 bars, one bar on the tail and the 2nd bar usually extending to the back dorsal fin and stopping near the top spikes.

The tail bars are not a definitive way to ID dats. Some pulchers can have a extra bar on the peduncle and some microlepis can only have one bar on the peduncle.
 
So what is it? every answer are different. explain your answer, im 100% sure the second one are pulcher.

The first one could be a pulcher with indo tail. There are a case where pulcher have indo tail and indo have pulcher tail look. IMO that's more rare the normal pulcher.
 
I'm sure both are ST...

just look at this chart. the first guy really look like both of my Dats.
 
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