Please ID for me. Thanks!!

[Piranhas and Cichlids]

Hi. I've had this Pike for about a month now and I just want to confirm what he/she is and how big I can expect it to get in a 220 gallon tank. I'm hoping it's one that gan grow to about 18-24 inches.

Thanks in advance for any assitance you can provide me!

KP

 

[fish speaker]

He won't grow that large, unfortunately. He's a sax-group pike, my guess would be lucius. Expect a max size of 7-9". On the plus side, not a bad looking fish.

 

[Piranhas and Cichlids]

Aw bummer! That's not very big. Oh well, it's still a cool fish. Thanks for responding though.

 

[FSM]

It's definitely a spangled pike (saxatilis group) so it won't get anywhere near the size you are hoping.

sp. venezuela gets closer to the size you are looking for; they are common too.

 

[tchizzle]

I think it's a Cren. Menezesi

Great pikes. I love these guys.

 

[its_an_obsession]

my best guess would be menezesi also but im not convinced of it.

 

[FSM]

That does look right. Do you have any better pictures?

 

[Piranhas and Cichlids]

No, my picture taking skills aren't the best. But I've looked at some other threads and it looks exactly like what others have called Cren. Pacaya.

 

[DonVitto123]

its a 2 spot pike cichlid

 

[Piranhas and Cichlids]

Now that I've looked at some of the Cren. Menezesi posts I think they look an awful lot like my fish too. I give up.. haha