yes thank you other sites list them as max. size of 4.5 inches. So are they wrong or is fishbase wrong? Piont is for as many websites you have you will have that many differant sizes and names for the fish. Also people new to the hobby will never know what your talking about with scientific names. Most pronounce cichlid like "chick lid". LOL
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Judge Holden;4541477; said:I'll know for sure in a year or two.
Aren't yours over the 4.5" mark?
I strongly doubt fishbase is incorrect. Fishbase is a compilation of official data that has been collected on each species of fish, it is not a single person's speculation on different species as most other sites are, so if anything, the size given could be less than the absolute maximum possible, but it is highly unlikely that it is above the maximum. Like I said before, just because that is supposedly the largest possible size they can attain (or at least the largest size recorded), that doesn't mean that every specimen will reach that size, especially in captivity, but to say they can't possibly get that big would be like saying that the sun couldn't possibly have been in existence before the Earth.Allan01230;4539737; said:
Addressing your last comment: That's why it's important for them to learn. It's really no harder to learn scientific names than it is to learn common names, although some people have troube spelling them since they are in Latin............
I'm not saying that everyone needs to memorize the scientific names of every species in the hobby, but it is very helpful to learn the scientific names of fish that are commonly mistaken for other species (like Polypterus senegalus and P. palmas) or fish that share common names with other species (like Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps and Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus).
Not unless you own your own 100 mile section of the Amazon.Judge Holden;4541477; said:I'll know for sure in a year or two.
Via Google, I can find Blue Hooks bigger than 12", but not red ones. Richard Hardwick, in an article for Practical Fishkeeping, alludes to the differences: "There are currently three regional variants of the species. Two to me look very similar, but I suspect that the first will soon be described as a different species. This variant sports blue-white finnage with an extremely broad vertical vertical bandwhile the other two have a red anal fin and a narrower black band. (I couldn't find the actual article. This is quoted from someone quoting the article.) If these are two distinct species it's not surprising that we find discrepant estimates for their size. A smaller fish is lumped in with a behemoth.
Yeah, they've grown a bit. It's not as easy as it was for the Oscar to ignore them. I practically have to feed the regular SD by hand.
Yeah, they've grown a bit. It's not as easy as it was for the Oscar to ignore them. I practically have to feed the regular SD by hand.
