what kind of fish is this?

[Xite]

what kind of fish is this? i bought it today as a juvenile and they told me that is grows to like around 2 feet but I forgot the name of it, can anyone help me?

 

[rayman45]

that tank looks salt?

 

[Xite]

that tank looks salt?

nope ifs FW and thats an "rubber eel" wich i have taken out of the aquarium by now

hope anyone can help me

 

[Oddball]

The fish is a dorado (Salminus maxillosus). These guys get huge and don't normally get along with other fish. Mine kills everything put in with it but Triggeraa has been successful with keeping them in a community setup.



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[rayman45]

yup

 

[Xite]

haha they are cool
how big is your guy and hot many Salminus maxillosus have you got and how big is your tank? do you know if my little fishie can live all alone or does he need some friends of his own?

//Daniel

 

[kido]

The fish is a dorado (Salminus maxillosus). These guys get huge and don't normally get along with other fish. Mine kills everything put in with it but Triggeraa has been successful with keeping them in a community setup.

hey oddball, i always get dorados and bycrons mixed up.. how do you differentiate the 2?

 

[Oddball]

They're easy to mix up. Especially as juveniles. But, Xite provided a good shot of the mouth structures. That's the giveaway. Here's a side by side shot of a dorado (left) and a brycon (right).



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[piranha45]

so dorados have more slender bodies, and much larger jaws.

 

[Oddball]

That's an optical illusion. My fault. The dorado in the pic is a juvie and the brycon is a full adult. Both fish have fairly heavy bodies as adults. I was trying to emphasize that a juvie dorado's mouth already portrayed it as a predator and an adult brycon's mouth looks like a more tame omnivore.