question about silver dollars

[starrfish71]

does anyone know the species name of the type of silver dollar with the vertical black line on it's side? I have searched a little thru google, and can't seem to pin down a picture/name

 

[nc nc]

myleus schomburgki ?

 

[Miles]

Yep .. Black Barred Myleus

 

[guppy]

Agreed

 

[Daniel Machado]

My favorite species, Myleus schomburgkii. Some pics of my specimens:

Group and RTC x TSN cat


Group pic


Male


Female


Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[vanimate]

Yep, supossedly there are two variants of schomburgki , the ones with the red hook, and ones with the whitish blue hook.

 

[fish head )'>]

Those are so cool. My silver dollars do not look like that.
Could I take a permanent marker to them?

 

[Dovii dude]

I also love these Silver Dollars,but is it true they only grow to 5 inches???

 

[Dovii dude]

Hey Fish head,if you come to Massachusettes,i know a fish store called"Fish Frenzy"that has about 100 of these guys!!

 

[fish head )'>]

Oh yeah, come to Michigan where we use silver dollars for feeder fish for our MONSTER GUPPIES!