Silver Dollar Species?

[moto110]

How many different species of silver dollars are there? What are there names? If you have any pics please post to.

 

[brcacti]

you my want to do a monsterfish search use the search box for that, I remember seeing a list and many pics of them on this site before

 

[moto110]

Thanks. Soryy bout that.

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

I have 6 of the metynnis/myleus species.

 

[Cichla dude]

There are a lot of silverdollar speices out there. There are the metynis group (which has the reg. silverdollars, spotted silverdollars, etc), the myleus(redhooks, yellowhooks, blackbarred, etc).
Heres my redhook:

 

[moto110]

Cool thanks.

 

[Fishes33]

black bar blue hook silver dollar

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Theres also the mylossoma group (spelling)

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

black bar blue hook silver dollar

There hooks always start out blue they then turn red ive raised loads of young myleus schromburgki.

 

[moto110]

So red hooks start as "blue" hooks.

Hey Bogwood what size is your Silverdollar tank.