ID THIS SABRE TOOTH BARRACUDA

[roybryan]

I DON HAVE ANY PICS BUT JOE AT TFD HAS PICS OF THE SAME FISH ON HIS THREAD CALLED PICS PICS PICS. THE DESCRIPTION IS IT HAS A BLACK SPOT ON THE GILL AND HAS BLACK OUTLINE ON THE TAIL AND IS SOLID SILVER OTHER THAN THAT. JUST CURIOUS WHAT THEY WERE. DESCRIPTION OF THE FISH SAID IT WAS FROM PERU. SCOMBRIDES?

 

[JD7.62]

"stop yelling ron."

 

[Jesse]

I haven't seen the pictures, but if it has a black spot on the operculum, it's likely Cynodon gibbus, a much smaller species than Hydrolycus scomberoides or H. armatus:

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=25715&genusname=Cynodon&speciesname=gibbus

 

[roybryan]

I dont believe it to be a gibbus because it has a silver tail with black lining on the tail

 

[HugeGhost]

Yes its 2 gibbus for sure in the first pic, then the 1 up close pic is a scomberoid.

 

[PayaraMan]

I just bought a six inch one and he is very skittish when I walk up to the tank I know they are very nervous fish but is he supposed to be that nervous?

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

I just bought a six inch one and he is very skittish when I walk up to the tank I know they are very nervous fish but is he supposed to be that nervous?

this was a thread from 2006.

 

[Plec123]

this was a thread from 2006.

epic bump is epic.