Just to confirm Pike ID

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elindra

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Are these Crenicichla sp Venezuela?
Adv appreciated :) Thanks

I'm sorry for the grainy pics but I'm just using a normal P&S and it's kinda hard to take clear pics when they are moving

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wow. i wish i had your fish. your pike is a xingu i think because of the deep red coloring. i just picked up my first crenicichla today and its a venezuelan. im already obsessed ha.
 
Mumtron;2580770; said:
wow. i wish i had your fish. your pike is a xingu i think because of the deep red coloring. i just picked up my first crenicichla today and its a venezuelan. im already obsessed ha.
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Not Xingus at all. They are indeed Crenicichla sp. "Venezuela". The on-off lateral band, unocellated humeral blotch and uniform grey colour are the giveaways. The red is due to the fact that female pikes get red in their midsection.
 
HerCrenVie;2580777; said:
Not Xingus at all. They are indeed Crenicichla sp. "Venezuela". The on-off lateral band, unocellated humeral blotch and uniform grey colour are the giveaways. The red is due to the fact that female pikes get red in their midsection.
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at what size do the females start to get that red on their body? i have a 4 inch pike that im hoping is female.
 
HerCrenVie;2580795; said:
Usually at 10" onwards.
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how do you sex them?
 
HerCrenVie;2580777; said:
Not Xingus at all. They are indeed Crenicichla sp. "Venezuela". The on-off lateral band, unocellated humeral blotch and uniform grey colour are the giveaways. The red is due to the fact that female pikes get red in their midsection.
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Btw bro is yr pike a female or a male
 
HerCrenVie;2580837; said:
Males have "fishbone" striations on their flanks. Females have pink/red bellies as well as a conspicuous white submarginal stripe in their dorsal fin.


Mine is probably male.
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what are fishbone striations? what are flanks? sorry i dont have a clue what that is.
 
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