New Pike ID

[Brazzen1]

Ok, the consensus is that it is a belly crawler, could you guys tell me more about them? Thanks for the help.

 

[Brazzen1]

Also how could I tell the difference between a belly crawler, sveni and saxatalis?

 

[mbeatrice]

google all three

 

[BuffaloPolypteridae]

Yep, compare and contrast, a sveni wouldnt have that much striking coloration, at least the ones i have seen. Idk which one is ar belly crawler, do you know the scientific name for them?

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[Ryan144]

Yep, compare and contrast, a sveni wouldnt have that much striking coloration, at least the ones i have seen. Idk which one is ar belly crawler, do you know the scientific name for them?

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I don't think they've been described yet I always see them as sp. Belly crawler. They get to be about 6 ins

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[Brazzen1]

I've tried to Google sveni & belly crawler but some of the pictures look the same to me.

 

[Rocksor]

sveni has spots going above the horizontal line

belly crawlers have a broken up horizontal line

 

[Brazzen1]

Thanks Rocksor, that clears it up for me. BTW some of the other pikes in the same tank had spots on their head but pretty much looked the same. What could these be? Is it worth going back over there and getting one of these, I got enough credit that it'll only cost about $2, but since I got a belly crawler I wanted something different. Actually it does look like a sveni, what's the max size (TL)?

 

[Rocksor]

around 10" for the sveni

No clue on the other pikes with spots on the head without a picture. Could be a venezuela pike, which gets around 16" at the very least.

 

[Ryan144]

Thanks Rocksor, that clears it up for me. BTW some of the other pikes in the same tank had spots on their head but pretty much looked the same. What could these be? Is it worth going back over there and getting one of these, I got enough credit that it'll only cost about $2, but since I got a belly crawler I wanted something different. Actually it does look like a sveni, what's the max size (TL)?

They might be lenticulata if so I would grab one

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