Is black payara another "name" for armatus? My local fish store quoted me at $70 for a 4-5 inch "black payara"...... i cant see any other payara fitting that description.
Black payara
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Neither have I but decided to order it anyways since it qould be a good price for an armatus that size.....missed the armies i had......
That would be sweet but i doubt it is a wallacei. I dont think ive ever seen them for sale
They usually come in by accident the so called black payara. But hard to say if it's a darker version of a regular Armatus. A color variant from a particular location. The only way to tell is by size but definitely by scale counts.
When it comes as the seller to get a detailed shot of the lateral line with the scales. If it's in the 100s then it's a wallacei. That's how you know.
When it comes as the seller to get a detailed shot of the lateral line with the scales. If it's in the 100s then it's a wallacei. That's how you know.
I remember a member posting pics of two armies, one considerably darker than the other... So maybe the pigmentation is collection point dependent...?
I dont think the distributor my lfs gets their fish from would know the diff if it cane in with armatus or not. My guess is they would just think its another armatus. If they knew im sure they would of labeled it properly.
Who knows hopefully its a wallacei they are sweet.
They usually max out around 12-14 if im not mistaken?
I rem that thread there was a debate where some thought it was still an army just darker due to collection point and others said it was a wallacei