sabertooth tiger characin

[lordofthejewsjr]

my LFS has some fish labeled sabertooth characins all i know is that they grow to about 18" and they look real bad ***.
any info on these guys?

 

[benzjamin13]

Check this out
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=183738

 

[channarox]

sabretooth could mean hydrolycus sp.,but tiger could be hydrocynus sp.

 

[lordofthejewsjr]

so it could be either?

 

[channarox]

got a pic or something?
pretty easy to tell hydrolycus from hydrocynus.

 

[lordofthejewsjr]

sorry its from my lfs and i only go there wed. and sat.

 

[pwmin]

lots of big teeth or just a few?

 

[DB junkie]

Does ot look like a bala shark with a nasty grill?

 

[channarox]

sorry its from my lfs and i only go there wed. and sat.

im sure you can tell hydrolycus from hydrocynus.
which was it?
even to the untrained eye im pretty sure you can tell them apart.
telling apart the individual species can be harder.

 

[lordofthejewsjr]

they have a lot of teeth and doesnt really look like a bala shark