Silver dollar types

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I know your only playing, and its not an occassional thing, it been going on for about 2-3 mths every day, I see them doing atleast 6-10 times daily. It looks cool and their colours have come up really nicely so Im just leaving them as there are. Besides all my cichlids and loaches will eat the eggs anyway, I not trying to breed the dollars they are just nuts.
 
I think there are variants of S.Dollars.
Like, the dwarf spotted dollar. Red hooks and moon spotted dollars are similar but bigger.
 
Mine are four redhooks, two with the bright red fins with black edges and red faces and two with the plain silver bodies and red fin anal fins (duller the the others 2)
 
i have black spot silver Ds and regular SDs (with red anal fin) i guess u could class phiranas and pacu as SDs? no?
 
rust9000;770505; said:
i have black spot silver Ds and regular SDs (with red anal fin) i guess u could class phiranas and pacu as SDs? no?
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Even though it is just a common name, no i wouldn't class them as silver dollars...
 
dragonfish;768064; said:
Regular sd then, the evil looking ones
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So the first one is just an old fart and the other two are a pair of horny teens. All same species, got it, thanks.
 
Appears to 13 species...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_dollar_(fish)

Latin name followed by *common trade names.

Metynnis altidorsalis
Metynnis argenteus
*Silver dollar
Metynnis fasciatus
*Striped silver dollar
Metynnis guaporensis
Metynnis hypsauchen
*Schreitmüller's silver dollar
*Striped silver dollar
Metynnis lippincottianus
*Spotted silver dollar
Metynnis luna
*Red-spot silver dollar
Metynnis maculatus
*Speckled silver dollar
Metynnis mola
Metynnis otuquensis
Myleus rubripinnis
*Red hook silver dollar
Myleus schomburgki
*Black-barred silver dollar
Mylossoma duriventre
*Silver mylossoma
*Hard-bellied silver dollar
 
Thank you ChileRelleno.
 
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