Red tail barracuda ID?

[Bigblu72]

Can someone help me identify if this fish is truely a red tail barracuda?

 

[moe214]

No it's a chalceus

 

[Bigblu72]

Thank you moe I had a feel the LFS sold me a mislabeled fish

 

[moe214]

No problem, you'd be surprised how much they mislabel fish.

 

[kno4te]

Actually it looks like a brycon sp and not Chalceus or a red tail cuda. Can u get a clean shot of it w/o moving B Bigblu72 ?

 

[moe214]

Actually it looks like a brycon sp and not Chalceus or a red tail cuda. Can u get a clean shot of it w/o moving B Bigblu72 ?

That's what I thought from the first pic but the second one looks like a chalceus to me and is clearer, look at the scales and head shape

 

[kno4te]

Chalceus has no black spots like that but brycon cephalus does if I remember right.

 

[moe214]

Chalceus has no black spots like that but brycon cephalus does if I remember right.

Chalceus don't get the one in the tail you're right, but still the scales are to big to be cephalus imo, need clearer pics

But we can agree it's no red tail cuda lol

 

[Bigblu72]

I will try to get a better picture