New Otocinclus

Post by **Silurus** » 26 Dec 2006, 22:24

Lehmann A, P, 2006. Otocinclus batmani, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Colombia and Peru. Neotropical Ichthyology 4: 379?383.

lfinley58 · Post by **lfinley58** » 26 Dec 2006, 23:16

Hello all.

I just had to make a comment on the species name of this fish. On seeing the name - batmani - I thought, no it can't be. But I was wrong. I checked the Etymology section of the paper and there it was. Now we have a loricariid catfish named in honor of the Caped Crusader. Actually, it is pretty cool.

Lee

Post by **medaka** » 26 Dec 2006, 23:30

lee wrote

I just had to make a comment

So do I..

Now we have a loricariid catfish named in honor of the Caped Crusader

I take it, they will be compatible with

Corydoras robinae

lfinley58 · Post by **lfinley58** » 26 Dec 2006, 23:52

Hi Medaka.

I like it!!!! Wish I'd thought of that.

It may not work well with the respective pronunciations, but the names look good together.

Lee

Beersnob · Post by **Beersnob** » 28 Dec 2006, 04:21

All,

It's neat to see the new oto. It looks to me that the big difference is the "Batman" like symbol on its tail fin. Is there any others for us laymen?

I found out about it tonight at the Greater Detroit Aquarium Society meeting - Dr. Langhammer brought it up.

Let's find some more!

Scott

lfinley58 · Post by **lfinley58** » 28 Dec 2006, 11:19

Hi Beersnob and all.

Beyond the distinctive color pattern of O. batmani there does not appear to be much to go on in regards to eyeball identification. The W-shaped (i.e. bat) mark on the caudal fin plus the body markings (" ...three discrete dark bands on the dorsum, between the dorsal-fin base and the caudal fin.") are noted to be distinguishing features. From our point of view, in regards to identification, I guess that this places it right along side the other "otto" cats with the diagnosis being based on color pattern.

Lee

lfinley58 · Post by **lfinley58** » 28 Dec 2006, 11:26

Hi all.

The description of O. batmani was based on 10 fish from three different locations : one in Colombia and two in Peru ("near Iquitos"). I certainly don't see any reason why this fish would not make it into the hobby, if it has not already done so.

Lee

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 10 Jan 2007, 15:00

I had to check that it wasn't the first of April when I read this!

Thanks for the link Silurus.

Erwin · Post by **Erwin** » 28 Jan 2007, 22:49

O. batmani was in the hobby already in 2001, acc. to the pictures I took that time. Maybe it was sold under a different name?

New Otocinclus

New Otocinclus

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