new with pikes can someone ID these for me

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sicxspeed;1507652; said:
Definitely agree.....First pick is definitely a Fire.....2nd is reg atabapo.....Both very nice....

How big is the fire.....Oh and Hadrian, forget you man, my fire is a pretty healthy bastard.....hahahaha, sorry, im jealous.

I need a better camera man, damn, nice shots Eman.
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Thanks bro.... the pike in the 1st pix is only bout 6-7" the 2nd is bout 8-9" I have 2 of the fires if the ID is correct... Thanks again peeps.
 
Hadrian;1507737; said:
no offense meant six, just that most if the fires sound and look like a lot of health problems
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Yeah, It seems that HITH is an issue quite a bit. If you look closely at the first pic behind the eye
it appears to have some pitting.
 
yeah, none taken and it does seem that way. Ive had no issues with mine (knock on wood). Very healthy, very active and aggressive. But for Eman, I don't know if both of those are Fires bro....could be though, but the 2nd is completely washed out if thats the case, just doesn't fit the bill all the way. Maybe, species atabapo, none fire....the first shot is definitely a fire though.
 
sicxspeed;1507860; said:
yeah, none taken and it does seem that way. Ive had no issues with mine (knock on wood). Very healthy, very active and aggressive. But for Eman, I don't know if both of those are Fires bro....could be though, but the 2nd is completely washed out if thats the case, just doesn't fit the bill all the way. Maybe, species atabapo, none fire....the first shot is definitely a fire though.
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I have 3 total pikes 2 of the the one in the first pix, and the other one on the 2nd. I agree though the the 2nd pix is not a "FIRE" because it slightly different; like you said color is not as dark and the bars are not exactly the same...
 
R1_Ridah;1507850; said:
hot damn Jefro your picture taking skills has put me to shame. Very nice bro. Loving the pictures man.
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thanks JOey. I dunno about takin better pix though.. Seem you dont throw up enough pix...Gotta use that cannon of yours homie
 
It seems like these atabapos and tapajos II are pretty close. I am still trying to figure out what I have. My pikes look like the ones in the 2nd pic.
 
After looking more closely, im going to say the 2nd are definitely Trapajo's II's based on the slender build, and jaw/head structure. Looks like it is just going to start going through it's color changes here soon. Reason I say this is it is to slender to be a Cobra and different shaped then a Xingu I (pretty sure).

Also, im counting out Species atabapo based mostly on size and shape.....>Jaw and head would be much heavier looking, shorter and body would be more robust.
 
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