[Genin]

Everyone that owns a medinai needs to look at both of these links. The piranha that has been introduced into this hobby as S. Medinai is really S. Spilopleura CF. I thought I had a less colorful Medinai as everyone else but infact I have a different kind of S. Spilopleura CF as the others. I believe Frank's site says there is about 5 different kinds of S. Spilopleura CF.

Real Medinai:Medinai
S. Spilopleura CF (scroll down to see CF):Spilopleura and CF

Joe

 

[Xenon]

You can also find more of this in the piranha science category in Franks Forum.

 

[Sir Nathan XXI]

its funny, those fish actually look more like Spilos than the "Medinai" we have

 

[Genin]

Nate,
Check out the first pic under the spilopleura cf that often resemble medinai "S. spilopleura complex form. (L) Photo by Matt Galich." I swear that is Munen exactly. I don't want to copy and show it here because all those pics are copyrighted and I am not going to do that, but check it out to see what I mean.

Joe

 

[Sir Nathan XXI]

the pics by Matt Galich are Elongatus from pfish pictures

 

[piranha198220]

so they are in with the spilo family than?

 

[piranha198220]

well heres a older pic of what i have plz tell me if this is one that your talking about

he had a minor encounter with a rohm before i took this pic thats why the fins are bit up

 

[Sir Nathan XXI]

that looks like a rhom to me

 

[piranha198220]

thats what i thought but i was told on the other site petatory-fish that it was what were thakin about here

 

[Poseidon X]

Frank has said that although eye color is not always a determining factor... medini are known for their orange eyes

 

[Genin]

check out the humeral spot it has...spilopleura cf have humeral spots differing depending on what geographic location they are from. not a rhom if you ask me, but then again it's a pic.....but then again not a rhom if you ask me. can't truly tell from the pic, i think the humural spot it has is the strongest evidence against rhom and for spilopleura cf.

Joe