L173 group??

ApacheDan · Post by **ApacheDan** » 31 Jan 2007, 18:00

I bought this group of 7 recently...sold as L173's, but they don't quite look like the one in the catalog. Can anybody confirm or help me ID this group?thanks. Dan
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ApacheDan · Post by **ApacheDan** » 31 Jan 2007, 18:03

here's another pic...
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ApacheDan · Post by **ApacheDan** » 31 Jan 2007, 18:09

last picture....

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Yann · Post by **Yann** » 01 Feb 2007, 10:18

Hi!
they are not L173 for sure!!!

It could be L400 (pretty variable in matter of coloration)
Might well be a new species too...

Cheers
Yann

ApacheDan · Post by **ApacheDan** » 01 Feb 2007, 14:59

yannfulliquet wrote: Might well be a new species too...
Yann

That is a possibility, but I've seen two other folks that have them & run in the same problem like me...can't ID them. They've tried L287 and L236, but the patterns are just not there...they do have the body of a Hypancistrus. The L400 has a lot more markings & patterns are thinner. I would disqualify this. Here's another pic from somebody else...

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Yann · Post by **Yann** » 01 Feb 2007, 19:29

Hi!
Yours are really young and at this size the colour is subject to changing... the eye size of your fish also match...still from the picture your have post still believe it is L400.
L400 has a great variability in color pattern and in the "network" of black lines...

Cheers
Yann

ApacheDan · Post by **ApacheDan** » 01 Feb 2007, 21:55

Thanks Yann! I'll try to breed them just the same!..I'll try to take pics in a year or two...see how the markings/patterns change.