Dat ID Please

[PufferXtreme]

I have tried to id but i always get confused with these buggers!
I'm sorry for wasting peoples time - we really need that Dat ID sticky!

Oh, and I KNOW the glass is dirty!

 

[Jesse]

Datnioides undecimradiatus, aka "thinbar" dat.

 

[rayman45]

yup

 

[bichir addict]

What Icthy said. Thinbar A nice one at that.

 

[PufferXtreme]

good good, are they usually more stable than indo dats? Whats a good price at 3 inch?

 

[bichir addict]

I think theyre like widebars, once their settled they will show nice color. Theres a 3-4 inch one for 75$ on aquabid.

 

[davo]

whats the diff between these, and the indos?

 

[bichir addict]

Alot considering theyre 2 different species of fish. The indonesian datnoid or tiger has 4 stripes on its body usally but there are some cases of it having 3 but they are very ugly bars and are weird shaped they also have 3 tail stripes. Thin bar datnoids have 3 body stripes and 2 tail stripes and are rarer than indo's.

 

[PufferXtreme]

Davo, Heres a link to a post with some good drawings of the different species.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28209&page=2&highlight=Dat

 

[rayman45]