At what size can u tell apart festae and Mayan

[moodleymike]

?

 

[Wisconsinbadger]

Post a pic 3-4 inches

 

[moodleymike]

Don't have any yet

 

[festaedan]

It's doable at around 3". Festaes have smaller, more circular eye spots on their caudal peduncle (yes, that is what it's called). Also, the 2nd stripe on a festae has a small break in it. The second stripe on a mayan wont.

 

[duanes]

Above is the spot on the area anterior to the caudal of a festae, note how it covers the upper 50%.
Below is a video of uropthalmus in nature, note at 1:50 or so, you can see how the spot covers the entire area anterior to the caudal fin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb3v0VJTg5c

 

[duanes]

by the way, here is a 2" festae

 

[fwprawn]

If you've seen both, you can ID them at 1/2 inch.