Common name for Erthrinus

[Waldo]

Whats the common name for this thing? Give me any and all info you got.

 

[guppy]

The only thing I found is that it is from Peruvian amazon area and possibly related to the rivulus group of killiefish, I found 1 listing of it and that was as Ertrinus sp.133, here is a pic from that site (gone wild peru), a wholesaler that offers collecting trips into the Madre de Dios region of Peru.

 

[kido]

some common names i've heard used are rainbow wolf fish or red fin wolf fish..

 

[guppy]

Rainbow wolffish sure looklike them but are listed as a varient of Hoplias malabaricus in everything I have found so far

 

[rumblesushi]

that's an ery ery, rainbow wolf fish/hi fin wolf fish.

 

[Fruitbat]

Definitely Erythrinus and, as already mentioned, it is frequently called the rainbow wolf fish. Definitely NOT, however, related to the Rivulin killifish. All of the Wolf Fish are Characoids, most closely related to the tetras, etc.

-Joe

 

[guppy]

Definitely Erythrinus and, as already mentioned, it is frequently called the rainbow wolf fish. Definitely NOT, however, related to the Rivulin killifish. All of the Wolf Fish are Characoids, most closely related to the tetras, etc.

-Joe

Well, I did say possibly, heheh, the site I thought might say that had them listed by scientific names in the same sentence but the rest of the article was in the cryllic alphabet in what I think was russian.
So, is Erythrinus the species name or the genus or the family? Is it one of the hoplias? and if so is it a varient or a different species than malabaricus?

 

[Miles]

Aren't they commonly called 'Shuyo Red' in South America?

I like Rainbow Wolf better.. Who wants some?

 

[Fruitbat]

Erythrinus is the name of the genus (and in this case is likely also the species name because that looks a lot like Erythrinus erythrinus). Along with the other Wolf Fish (Hoplias and Hoploerythrinus species) these fish are in the Family Erythrinidae of the Order Characiformes (which includes, among others : Tetras, Piranhas, African Tiger Fish, African 'Pikes', and Payaras).

Hope this helps.

-Joe

 

[guppy]

Thanks Fruitbat I was confused, I should learn russian,,,and cantanese, cambobian, thai, vietnamese, german, + dutch. I keep finding good sites I can't read!