NEW VITTATUS!!
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not sure why people keep saying we have hydrocynus brevis. brevis is found in Sudan according to William Eschmeyer catalogue of fish. No tiger fish have been imported from that country or any Eastern African countries for that matter. All come from Congo early in the year, then Nigeria this time of the year.
Forskahlli is a current valid species and seperate from Vittatus, and goliath. There are probably a few undescribed species, or not updated. For the time being we can go with physicial descriptions and leave scientific names out.
Hydrocynus vittatus we all agree on
hydrocynus goliath we all agree looks just like the 6 feet adults
hydrocynus "slender body" with dark stripes, smaller head, I would call forskahlli. this fish does not grow past 15" and that takes a long time. and will look really slender compared to a standard vittatus at that point, mark my words. Notice it may even be a tail biter.
Hydrocynus "big eye" I've seen a dozen or 2 come in with Goliaths, mixed, this fish swims on the bottom, with bigger eyes, white tipped paired fins, longer face, dont' know what it will look like when larger.
Forskahlli is a current valid species and seperate from Vittatus, and goliath. There are probably a few undescribed species, or not updated. For the time being we can go with physicial descriptions and leave scientific names out.
Hydrocynus vittatus we all agree on
hydrocynus goliath we all agree looks just like the 6 feet adults
hydrocynus "slender body" with dark stripes, smaller head, I would call forskahlli. this fish does not grow past 15" and that takes a long time. and will look really slender compared to a standard vittatus at that point, mark my words. Notice it may even be a tail biter.
Hydrocynus "big eye" I've seen a dozen or 2 come in with Goliaths, mixed, this fish swims on the bottom, with bigger eyes, white tipped paired fins, longer face, dont' know what it will look like when larger.
West1;4077299; said:So can we say Sudan is the next RareFish import
Great info, did not know that was one of the collection points
yeah, Sudan is not a collection point, from the Great Lakes, only cichlids are normally exported, they do not catch tiger fish for export, I've tried to no avail. Nigeria has been exporting tiger fish for many years, and Congo just in the past 6 years or so and there was a huge absent of 10 plus years, no tiger fish at all from 1990-2001.
Wes, check the link out... is the last pic posted the big eye ATF your talking about? Or is it the camera shot that makes it look that way? I noticed his mouth is very different... its so small
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4084053&posted=1#post4084053
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4084053&posted=1#post4084053
West1;4084060; said:
the 2nd one that scorpnok posted looks kind of like the big eye one that I'm talking about.
the one you posted have similar fin color, but body shape is a little too slender and round, and the mouth...doesn't look normal, maybe it slightly deformed. just a guess
