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Old 02-12-2010, 05:37 PM   #1
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how many kind of tiger fish are there in african? i saw some in LFS all look different. anyone know the answer?
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Old 02-12-2010, 05:47 PM   #2
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They come from the Characin Family under the Hydrocynus genus. The two more common ones in Sg are: Goliath (GATF) and Vittatus (VATF).
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how many kind of tiger fish are there in african? i saw some in LFS all look different. anyone know the answer?
Hi bro, care to share where u spotted the tiger fish?
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Old 04-12-2010, 10:40 AM   #4
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They come from the Characin Family under the Hydrocynus genus. The two more common ones in Sg are: Goliath (GATF) and Vittatus (VATF).
Add to the list forskahlii and brevis.
Both come in mixed up as vittatus quite often.
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Hi bro, care to share where u spotted the tiger fish?
no prob bro i saw it at yishun 934 and oso c328 clementi. should be goliath tiger fish if i am not wrong.
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Old 05-12-2010, 12:33 AM   #6
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no prob bro i saw it at yishun 934 and oso c328 clementi. should be goliath tiger fish if i am not wrong.
The ones at C328 should be H.Vittatus coz both her GATF i take le
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The ones at C328 should be H.Vittatus coz both her GATF i take le
istzi i bou two ard 5" no colour on the tail yet another ard 6" wif abit red on the low tail fin. so which is vittatus u noe bro?
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istzi i bou two ard 5" no colour on the tail yet another ard 6" wif abit red on the low tail fin. so which is vittatus u noe bro?
Hydrocynus Vittatus (VATF)
http://img714.imageshack.us/i/dsc03951r.jpg/

Hydrocynus Goliath (GATF)
http://www.pbase.com/pschia/image/13855980/original

See the mouth structure was what I was taught.

Shifus pls correct me if i m wrong

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Old 05-12-2010, 03:09 AM   #9
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i believe at least 5. seems like only goliath, vittatus and a third, possibly forskalii floating around the hobby.
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tks bro at least i noe i got two species a goliath n vittatus
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