Payara differences?

[rallysman]

Is there an easy way to tell the difference between the 4 payaras?

I'm mainly looking for the scomberoides/ armatus difference, but......
If I could get some good pictures of each along with a verbal description of each ones unique identifiers, I'll make a chart to keep it easy for everyone in the future.

 

[guppy]

I will try, hereisthe Hydrolycus scombroides
image #1 from here http://www.raubwelse.de/galerie/raubsalmler/s025.htm
image 2, a young one from http://www.akvariesiden.dk/fisk/billeder/large_700_1286354678.jpg

 

[ewurm]

Hurry up and pick one Rally, I want to see tank pics. Screw the research! LOL

 

[guppy]

The H. armatus From http://www.akvariesiden.dk/fisk/billeder/large_700_1286354678.jpg
And from here http://images.google.com/imgres?img...v=/images?q=Hydrolycus+armatus&hl=en&lr=&sa=G

 

[guppy]

The rhaphiodon vulpinus is thinner and longer bodied.
from http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/PicturesSummary.cfm?ID=8697&what=species
and http://lilevo.com/fishtank/15gal/body3.jpg
and also here http://www.amazonian-fish.co.uk/images/acestrorhynchus_raphiodon.jpg
the top is the vulpinus, the middle an ascestrorhynchus, and the bottom a Hydrolycus ?

 

[guppy]

I will have to get back to this later, bed time.

 

[rallysman]

I will have to get back to this later, bed time.

Awesome guppy!! I'll try to get all of these and the info on one sheet. I'll try to dig more for the rest.

 

[guppy]

Oh yeah, Cynodon gibbus, http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25715