Is this some sort of Sturisoma? Or the common sturisoma aureum.
What whiptail is this?
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Re: What whiptail is this?
Hard to say from that angle. Looks like Sturisoma, but a lateral (side-on) picture would help.
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Re: What whiptail is this?
definitely a Sturisoma, but we need a picture of the fish in the aquarium with no fingers on it!
one of the key marks is the coloration on the body at the implant of the dorsal fin.
we can't see it, because of the fingers.
with the aureum/festivum/cf festivum clade the brown band goes up and touches the dorsal; but for example S barbatum, nigrirostrum and the true panamense have a light margin between dark lateral band and dorsal.
one of the key marks is the coloration on the body at the implant of the dorsal fin.
we can't see it, because of the fingers.
with the aureum/festivum/cf festivum clade the brown band goes up and touches the dorsal; but for example S barbatum, nigrirostrum and the true panamense have a light margin between dark lateral band and dorsal.
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Re: What whiptail is this?
These are from the lower Rio Magdalena in Colombia.
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Re: What whiptail is this?
I agree with Shane's ID. The combination of body shape and pattern is quite distinctive in this species.
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Re: What whiptail is this?
We would really need some pics to hazard an ID. I have attached a photo below of freshly captured specimens in Colombia. I think you will agree that they are the same fish you posted above.Just curious since i have a breeding pair of aureum and are much small in size could it still be aureum?
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