ATF ID - scale count LL to pelvic fin clarification.

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Red Aimara

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Seek your advise and thoughts on the subject matter.

This pic was ID by you as a Tanzie based on 3 scales count from LL to pelvic fin insert.

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I had cropped the pic and put some pointers inside.

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Orange lines represent the borders of LL and pelvic fin insert.

Question:

Do we start counting the scale that is ON the LL (marked green) or the scale below it (marked blue)?

Just need to clear up any confusions as there is always a scale that covered the middle of the LL in all ATFs I have seen. :)

Perhaps this can be included into the sticky for future reference. In these times, we just cannot take the sellers' words for an accurate ID - thanks to the excellent work done (ATFs, dorados etc) any hobbyist can refer to these stickies and academically/scientifically ID their fishes.

Sincere thanks in advance.
 
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