ozarowana Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 IMO what a real Tapajos Orange Head should look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 Nice fish Oz, yours? They got the orange factor thats for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japes Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 For those wondering why that last photo is in there, ozarowana has a little theory going on how to identify the Araguaia and Tapajos variants apart. Here's a reasonably similar angle of one of my fully coloured Araguaia males. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cory1 Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 So Japes,is that the new camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 I've been going up and down between the 2 and I cant tell... though Oz you need to talk to japes about fish photography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japes Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 I've been going up and down between the 2 and I cant tell... though Oz you need to talk to japes about fish photography I was going to wait for ozarowana to explain it but I'll touch on it briefly. Note in his fourth photo the solid orange patch running from the base of the back of the dorsal fin to the caudal fin. This isn't present on any of my Araguaia variants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 I figured it was somthing to do with colour since you said your was fully coloured up but I didn't see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozarowana Posted November 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 Yes this is a pair I got from gyung who is a member here. There are a number of people who have this line which we believe are true tapajos. Apart from the upper caudal peduncle stripe, head colouration is quite different from the araguaia variant as well. More info here http://eartheaters.qldaf.com/index.php?page=orangehead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leroy Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Well done great thread,i have bout 15 of both types all bought from smiths,thanks to you Japes for starting me off with the photos of your geos cheers,Leroy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton31 Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 japes are more of a red and the others are realy orange ...as iv notice with my tapajos they a nice orange and the araguia have more of a red but when breeding ther head gose realy red ...only a geuss ...just going by the geos i have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozarowana Posted December 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Leroy and Clayton post some pics up of your fish in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
