Identify this lion

Wtyson254 · Dec 4, 2020

Is this an antenata or a Mombasa? It’s advertised as a Mombasa.

fishguy242 · Dec 4, 2020

hi, by the tail spots say mombasa,norm a little more red could be lighting

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sunken3 · Dec 4, 2020

good luck. I can't tell the difference in the 2

lion king · Dec 4, 2020

It is hard to tell in that pic. How big is he, the filaments on the end of the pectoral fins are actually quite short on the mombasa. The mombasa also has a red tear mark across the eyes and red dots on the pectoral fins. At the base of the tail on the mombasa the markings look sort of like an inverted Y. From what I can tell it does appear to be a mombasa.

lion king · Dec 4, 2020

To expand on more differences, the antennata's eyes, tear mark, and dots on the pectoral fins are black. Mombasa's eyes are blue. The filaments on the end of the pectoral fins on the antennata are long, longer than length of the pectoral fins themselves. In contrast the filaments on the mombasa are shorter than the length of the pectoral fins. these are just what I've seen and doesn't mean they are absolute.