Actually I was wrong and right, two are indeed M. lippincottianus but the rare one I got was M. mola (no pictured). I had assumed all three were M. mola but only one was and the other two were M. lippincottianus.
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Definitely pics. I did some searches and found some with heavy spotting and some just silver in color with an orange spot/blotch by gill plate. What gives the identity as M.Mola on the specimen you have?
I got 3 of them (lippincottianus) in a group of 5 all purchased at Petsmart. Noticeable different shape compared to a standard SD. Plus they get some nice coloration on their caudal fin as they get a little bigger. I have 2 with some bright orange, and one that's pretty dark black and gets a super black beard look when he's trying to chase the others.
So the SD's with the spots and the one with the spots and orange spot are fairly uncommon? (I'm a noob to SD's don't hurt me! Lol). The reason I ask is I just picked up 2 SD's with spots on them at Petsmart last week. One has an orange spot, one does not.
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On MFK spotteds are not commonly seen for sale. On the other hand M.Fasciatus which is rare is seen for sale all the time now. Go to most fish stores and it is opposite. I see spotted sd's for sale only a couple times a year if I am lucky by me.
That was one of the searches I came up with and some others came up with heavily spotted so thats what confused me. So was wondering which JD was interpreting as M. Mola. Havent had time to do deeper search.
I used to have a link from Japan that was really good for IDing Metynnis, Myleus and Mylosoma varients. I lost it somehow and cant find it. Rrrrgggg
I see these everytime I go to petsmart. how large do they grow? I always look for the tiger striped sd's lol
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