What kind of Dat is this?

[Panerai1950]

I would have to say very nice indo.

What is the definite way to tell the difference between a ST and IT?

 

[flemming]

think IT

 

[TCZeli]

What is the definite way to tell the difference between a ST and IT?

No definite way... Must look at many things. Tail stripes, body stripes, body shape, color, size, blah blah blah. If that is the same on both sides, then it is an IT.

 

[Panerai1950]

No definite way... Must look at many things. Tail stripes, body stripes, body shape, color, size, blah blah blah. If that is the same on both sides, then it is an IT.

Thanks, can a true ST has 3 stripes on the tail?

 

[haynchinook334]

thats a nice DAT!!!!

 

[JD7.62]

Thanks, can a true ST has 3 stripes on the tail?

Yes they can.

 

[T1KARMANN]

Yes they can.

can you please not use the smily i find them ofencive

yes a true wide bar can have IT tail stripes but im yet to see a IT with ST tail stripes

the tail stripes are a good start point when IDing tigers

 

[Panerai1950]

can you please not use the smily i find them ofencive

yes a true wide bar can have IT tail stripes but im yet to see a IT with ST tail stripes

the tail stripes are a good start point when IDing tigers

Here is a pic of a Dat labled as an IT (Datonioides.microlepis) found on a Jap website with ST tail stripes.

 

[BushFishRox]

Here is a pic of a Dat labled as an IT (Datonioides.microlepis) found on a JPN website with ST tail stripes.

watch that yo...

oh and that kinda looks like an ST to me, or there are a lot of ITs rolling around here that are being called STs...

 

[JD7.62]

Here is a pic of a Dat labled as an IT (Datonioides.microlepis) found on a Jap website with ST tail stripes.

That is an ST, D. pulcher. D.microlepis was a valid name until 1998 as ST and ITs were both thought to be the same fish. D. pulcher was first described in 1998 as a separate species.