Brevis Tiger Fish?

[MonsterFang]

Here's a small piece of evidence about our having brevis in the hobby.

In the picture below, you will find a large adult brevis' head. As far as I can tell, this is the only published photograph of a wild caught fish with its mouth closed. This fish is obviously being held at an odd angle from having its body weight supported by its lower jaw; this is pulling its upper and lower jaws out of alignment and the head out of alignment with the body. I did confirm with other pictures of this same fish that this is 100% brevis.

HOWEVER, one can't help but notice that the head of this specimen looks just like the head on our aquarium sized brevises and that it has the same bronze color.

Thus far, we've been doing very well with identifying little ones that "look just like" the adults. Coming up with solid data to prove it however... LOL

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This is a nice looking Brevis, now I want one, if I only have space I would definitely get one of this monster

 

[Chicxulub]

This is a nice looking Brevis, now I want one, if I only have space I would definitely get one of this monster

You've got the space bro. These guys are in the same size category as VATF and TATF- they'll top out at about 2'.

 

[Reedmaster16]

I always believed my old one to be a Brevis. I based my ID off collection point body and head structure.

So hard to differentiate the smaller species when they're young, have to almost wait and see before any major defining traits come out.

 

[djaalix]

I remember that fish Reed, did you wind up selling him? I remember you had him for sale, but knew you werent in a huge rush to get rid of him

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[DayumDanny]

Here is another picture of a supposed brevis he got it from the Utopia pet store

 

[Reedmaster16]

I remember that fish Reed, did you wind up selling him? I remember you had him for sale, but knew you werent in a huge rush to get rid of him

Yea sold him to someone locally with a 4000gal tank for him. Lamanuts and bigrich545 are his names on here. Still alive as far as I am aware.

I've been working on growing out another goliath over the past 2 years.

 

[Chicxulub]

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Here is another picture of a supposed brevis he got it from the Utopia pet store

That's one fine looking vittatus! He has his ID's backward, ask him about vittatus and he'll show you his brevis. I tried to buy some but he only wanted at the time to sell them as a package deal with VATF, BATF and GATF. I don't want another goliath.

Yea sold him to someone locally with a 4000gal tank for him. Lamanuts and bigrich545 are his names on here. Still alive as far as I am aware.

I've been working on growing out another goliath over the past 2 years.

I've always suspected that guy to be a TATF but I couldn't (can't) tell for sure. I used your pics in the guide because I'm not sure. It could kind of go either way, I'd need better pictures. Once I rework the guide in the next few weeks after I'm done with finals I'm probably going to take those pictures out.

 

[Reedmaster16]

Yea its so hard to differentiate with the smaller species. Ill look on my old phone and hard drives to see if I have any better more recent pics than the ones ive uploaded on here.

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[Chicxulub]

Yea its so hard to differentiate with the smaller species. Ill look on my old phone and hard drives to see if I have any better more recent pics than the ones ive uploaded on here.

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I'd love that! Both of the species that it might be are quite rare in the hobby, I'd be happy to use more pics if the opportunity arises!