ID this Crenicichla.
- Thread starter Lucas Fontenele
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I will post more pics, from the same fish, and two that I had on my aquarium from the same river.
Actually I just own the biggest one.
The youngest.
The biggest, with stress coloration.
Actually I just own the biggest one.
The youngest.
The biggest, with stress coloration.
What's the name of the river or the name of the drainage system you got them from? Might help to figure out what type of saxatilis type pike they are
Yeah man, I googled it and it really look like sveni, even the stress coloration. But its a bit strange since sveni is from amazon, and they are in a completely different river. As I said in another topic, fishes were introduced here, but this pike has no economical importance here, so it doesnt make sense of it being introduced here.
Man, I got then in Pacoti river. Its a river in Ceará, in northeast of brazil. It's in portuguese, but.. http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Pacoti
Prob there are no references of this river it in literature for pike cichlids.
Nice, but how you can know this?
This fish is too spangly for a sveni. (I have one - mine is a female.)
Males do not have a dorsal spot. Females do not have the orange finnage.
Males do not have a dorsal spot. Females do not have the orange finnage.
Wow man, its pretty boring that I cant ID him..
Someone else?
If nobody can ID him I will sedate him to count his spines numbers and scales, but Im procratisnating because its pretty stressful.
Someone else?
If nobody can ID him I will sedate him to count his spines numbers and scales, but Im procratisnating because its pretty stressful.
Wicked awesome pike!!! Saxatilis group pikes can be a hassle to ID sometimes. Yours is looking like Crenicichla sp. menezesi, but from your locality, its possible it could also be a variant of Crenicichla lepitoda. I'm personally leaning more towards menezesi though. . .
Get some better shots man!!
Get some better shots man!!