ATF ID please.

[sledge760]

Sold to me today as a Goliath ATF. Id please. Around 6"-7". Pics and video are from the LFS.

 

[Polypterus_36]

Well, it's definitely not a GATF.
My best guess would be H. vittatus, but I am no ATF expert.
C Chicxulub should be able to give a more educated ID.

 

[sledge760]

Why do you think it’s not GATF? Just asking.

 

[Polypterus_36]

Why do you think it’s not GATF? Just asking.

At 6"-7" GATF have silver/gray bodies with red tails. Their teeth are also extremely visible at that size.
Like I said, I am no ATF expert, so explaining it is hard for me, but I am 100% sure that this isn't a GATF.
Check out this Hydrocynus ID thread:
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...fish-hydrocynus-id-and-care-guide-3-0.521170/
I hope it helps.

 

[Polypterus_36]

This could also be an H. brevis, but I am really not too sure.

 

[Caveden]

Sold to me today as a Goliath ATF. Id please. Around 6"-7". Pics and video are from the LFS.

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looks like a vittatus

 

[Jiyowel]

This could also be an H. brevis, but I am really not too sure.

Not batf. That fish is a vatf

 

[Darryl Taylor]

Why do you think it’s not GATF? Just asking.

Yea it definitely not a Gatf

 

[fishtankphil]

Sold to me today as a Goliath ATF. Id please. Around 6"-7". Pics and video are from the LFS.

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Most def not a gatf at all!!! This has become an epidemic like gars where they are continually mislabeled and people dont know wtf they are selling!!! It a Forkshali commonly referred as "big eye"...torpedo shaped with the sloped down forehead gives it away that it's not a vittatus. Very nice specimen as well!

 

[fishtankphil]

Also what lfs is this that ur buying it from?