tiger stingray

[Zoodiver]

Both of those are tigers.

Exactly my point, both are what most call "tiger".....but the first is a menchacai, the second a schoderi.
Confirmed at the Symposium by Frank Shafer, Patrica Charvet Alemida and Getulio Rincon. (Forgive spellings if I messed one of those up.)

 

[JOEG.]

Let me have an email address OR contact information for those "confirmers". They need their eyes examined. I know what a schroderie looks like because Ive raised three of them at one time. They have their own "VERY DISTINCT" pattern. I have three confirmed tigers(menchacai) going on 4yrs plus. I think I would know the difference.
Some you (Menchacai) tiger owners on MFK, please check out the photos. What do you think?

 

[Nic]

Let me have an email address OR contact information for those "confirmers". They need their eyes examined. I know what a schroderie looks like because Ive raised three of them at one time. They have their own "VERY DISTINCT" pattern. I have three confirmed tigers(menchacai) going on 4yrs plus. I think I would know the difference.
Some you (Menchacai) tiger owners on MFK, please check out the photos. What do you think?

are you say shroederi as in flowers????

 

[cichlaguapote]

So we are saying there are two different species classed as "tigers" in the hobby? A variant of schoderi and then mech.?? Where all were considered Mech. before?


(Trying to clear it up for others and myself..)

 

[Nic]

So we are saying there are two different species classed as "tigers" in the hobby? A variant of schroederi(sp?) and then mech.??

apparently yes there is we need the dvd from the symposium

 

[cichlaguapote]

apparently yes there is we need the dvd from the symposium

That's what I thought.. to be honest regarding rays/scientific names it's all craziness to me though.. LOL

 

[Nic]

That's what I thought.. to be honest regarding rays/scientific names it's all craziness to me though.. LOL

i thought all were being classified as shroederi but now its they are both


Does anybody have close up pix of both types tails??? Matt??

 

[andersp90]

Flowers.

 

[Zoodiver]

Correct. The problem ..and why I hate common names....is that people will call them things incorrectly. A lot of the "tigers" are really a variaion of schoderi.
I'll see if I can dig up tail pics from both species. Also (from what I understand), diet in the wild is varied between them as well.... but that is only something I heard in passing.

 

[cichlaguapote]

Flowers.

Awesome. Helps me understand.. Thanks