Scomb with black spots

[Chicxulub]

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That's a baby tatauaia. As you can see it looks quite like the ones Jake posted, but just like with the big ones we keep in our tank, you can see it has a smaller head than does armatus. It seems to me that the proportions of the large ones are evident in the smaller fish as well.

Interesting to note is that this fish is a paratype used to describe the species back in 1999.

 

[sashimimaster]

So now it begs the question if the LFS sold the fish at $25 he must know his cost which has to be lower. Otherwise he would be losing money. So I wonder what the wholesale price is for Payara?

I've heard that wholesale for VATF is around $50-60 ea. So the retailers selling at $120-130 are making around 100% profit.

 

[Sm0ke]

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That's a baby tatauaia. As you can see it looks quite like the ones Jake posted, but just like with the big ones we keep in our tank, you can see it has a smaller head than does armatus. It seems to me that the proportions of the large ones are evident in the smaller fish as well.

Interesting to note is that this fish is a paratype used to describe the species back in 1999.

Thanks for the photo Rob. I will follow up with Frank for further info on this.