wide black bar silver dollar ...

[arowfan]

Hi, I just wanted to find out if this is the correct name for them...what is the latin name? [YT]<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6_zvslcg0XY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6_zvslcg0XY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>[/YT]

thanks!
john

 

[apriliarider15]

I think those are Myleus schomburgki

 

[scorp]

I think those are Myleus schomburgki

+2

keep in mind though that there are several variants of this species

 

[Red_Belly_Pacu]

I have one. The LFS owner gave me a deal on it. I wanted to buy more but he tells me that they are hard to come by. Also a vendor here is selling Myleus schomburgki for $80 for one. It is true that there are variants. The one I have is the wide black bar silver dollar as seen in the video.

 

[arowfan]

isnt Myleus schomburgki a type of red hook sd with a thin black bar? I've seen those before, but I think its different then whats in the video-
red belly pacu-yes, they are hard to come buy, and I'm betiing thats what you have!

does anyone have these that knows what the name is for them? if it is Myleus schomburgki?

 

[chirachai]

13 Species in Genus Myleus , maybe you're right ,It's possible to be new Species and maybe it's Myleus schomburgki. Between wide and narrow bar is not a factor to split into another Species. For me it's Myleus cf. schomburgki. I'm not sure there is a description that revise in this Genus or not?

 

[apriliarider15]

It is Myleus schomburgkii sorry I spelled it wrong at the beginning of the thread. The variety that you are looking has a black anal fin not a red anal fin. The variety that has a red anal fin has the thin black bar but black anal variety has the wider bar. Here is the two side by side for comparison.

 

[aro-discus]

I just grabbed 9 of them. the above posters are correct about the differences between the thin and wide black bar SD.

 

[Red_Belly_Pacu]

I just grabbed 9 of them. the above posters are correct about the differences between the thin and wide black bar SD.

Wow, how much did you pay for them in US dollars?

 

[aro-discus]

less than $80