Update on red hooks (schomburgkii?)
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Hi Judge.You have Metynnis fasciatus, perhaps the rarest SD. I think it's the best looking. Fishbase doesn't have much to say: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=56433
Myleus schomburgkii is a close cousin of myloplus rubripinnis, or Red Hook. A writer for Practical Fishkeeping suggests that there should be more than one species here: "There are currently three regional variants of the species. Two to me look very similar, but I suspect that the first will soon be described as a different species. This variant sports blue-white finnage with an extremely broad vertical band while the other two have a red anal fin and a narrower black band. (I keep seeing this quote but I can't find the article. The writer is Richard Hardwick.)
Here's the Emperor Blue Hook. I'm finding aquarists with 13" specimens (they get thick too). These are sometimes sought as Piranha and Pacu substitutes.
I have two of the red hooks, labeled by my LFS simply as Black Belts, $47 each. Note how their single bar is thinner than the Blue Hooks' and their fins have an orange tint. Anecdotal evidence suggests that they don't get as big. That's also wishful thinking on my part.
Richard Hardwick here Wharf aquatics.
Lets just straighten this one up.These new disc characins are infact from the genus Myleus not Metynnis.The main differences with these two groups is the finnage,in Myleus the dorsal fin is longer(has more rays) plus Myleus have a small adipose as apose to a very elongated one as found in Metynnis..see pics.These new Myleus are coming out of Peru,we recently imported some ourselves,i too don't know which species this is but its deffinitely "not "Schomburgkii like someones suggested already,they do however have a very intricate pattern when very small with multiple stripes which fade very quickly.....a new species for sure but what?....anybody?
Love the pics of the Metynnis hypsauchen fasciata,what a beautiful species that is,i kept a small group a few years ago,never seen any since.
Its also worth mentioning that Myleus are the larger cousins to Metynnis but given the space they will co-exist very well,plenty of volume with copacious amounts of oxygen is what they need,they are very forgiving apart from that,an under rated family in my opinion.
All the best to you all.
Richard.
