Armatus Identification thread

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the first picture of the map, shows where they're found, close to bolivia actually. southeast of Peru, not that near columbia or venezuela.

the red tail specimens are real interesting, and i don't think its because the blood from hanging, the color looks very uniform and seperated by the white edge.

i'm still waiting for my friend to show me pictures of the large ones he saw in peru, i'll get copies and post them one day if he allows me to.

i was just about to ask someone to pin this topic, just to realize that its already been done.

its almost like the battle between goliath and armatus all over again. the toothy dog fish from africa vs. dog fish from s.a.!

i plan to keep on adding to this thread now, i have a mission, and i will do the same for the tiger fish, and see who's the winner. i'm raising the BAR
 
Wes, you heard me talking about them being from Peru. :D

I dont think the ones with the red-tails are tats because you can see how orange the adpose fin is. My personal theory is that the major difference between tats and armatus is that on tats the adipose fin will match in color to the caudal fin; rather it be red, yellow, orangish, or even silverish. Armatus will always exhibit the orange adipose fin that always contrasts with the color of it's caudal fin.
 
ya but they still have the white at the tip of the tail and it dosnt look like a tats tail. yes i think they are all armatus too. And i think it would be a lot easyier to tell between larger fish. i think a tat would rely stand out.
 
fugupuff;1297823; said:
but whats with the bright red tails with the white margin all about?
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I still think they are armatus from going by the adipose fin. If tats can have tails that range from orange to yellow to red and silver why cant an armatus have tails that vary as well?

Id love to have an armatus with a blood red tail like that though! :WHOA:
 
channarox;1314683; said:
why dont we ever see tats in fishing guides or whatever?
very nice thread btw. :D
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I think it is because tats dont really get over 20" it seems and a fisherman isnt going to be proud enough of a 20" fish to take a picture of!
 
what do you suppose this one is? i'm sorry for the terrible cell phone pic. it's one from MikesKillerFish (took it today). the adipose was black. i'm guessing it's a tat. was about 6" and was asking $100. they don't list anything but scombs on the stocklist.

so, also, scombs don't have any red on the tails, right?

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