Can anyone give me the scientific name for this fish

[meghanashley]

Thanks Death Pony for the explaination, makes sense.

DB junkie, how big were the ones that you kept, how long did you have them for. I saw that they are supposed to max out at 3' or so. Anyone kept them at that size.

Yeah I completely took over someone's thread when I thought a fish that was posted was this guy I had been looking for.

 

[DB junkie]

DB junkie, how big were the ones that you kept, how long did you have them for. I saw that they are supposed to max out at 3' or so. Anyone kept them at that size.

I just have lil guys.... Started with a group of 4. Rays got 2 after they jumped the divider. Those 2 tried to kill eachother so seperated and ordered 3 more. 2/3 were doa and the one that did live is 2 inches bigger then my (2) 6 inchers, and is now tearing around after them. Ordered 3 more to disperse aggression.... We'll see how that goes when they get here.

I'm not sure I've ever heard of one much over 2 foot in the home aquarium..... And the ones I've heard of at 20 inches or over have absolutley ZERO tolerance for any tankmates except rays. Even heard of one of them ripping apart a Dovii.

We'll see how it plays out.... I tend to have a little different luck then a lot of people when it comes to angry Characins.