New member with a new Catfish!

almo · Post by **almo** » 03 Jun 2007, 13:18

Hey guys! I have been a lurker on and off here for years and now I finally have a good reason to speak up.

A frend of mine sent me a load of mbuna that arrived yesterday with this guy in there. I reckon he is nearly 5 inches. Now I am not completely lazy. I looked though the ID pages and found 3 that I think he could be. He fits the adult size for each of them, so I am hoping to strike lucky here.

These are the ones I picked out...

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/im ... ge_id=2128

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/im ... ge_id=6381

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... es_id=1694

Here he is...

THANKS!

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 03 Jun 2007, 13:58

Welcome to the forum almo.

Your fish is definitely a , but they are tricky to pin down to species level.

My best guess is as this species seems to be imported, and is a good visual match.

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 03 Jun 2007, 23:28

Welcome to the site

diburning · Post by **diburning** » 04 Jun 2007, 01:05

I don't think it's a punctatus. I can't get an exact count, but the picture of the punctatus seems to have more dorsal rays than the pics on this thread.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 04 Jun 2007, 10:33

diburning wrote:I don't think it's a punctatus. I can't get an exact count, but the picture of the punctatus seems to have more dorsal rays than the pics on this thread.

Not for Hypostomus punctatus - I think you're confusing it with . There are very few Loricaridae that doesnt have 1+7 (hard + soft) dorsal rays.

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Mats

Tokis-Phoenix · Post by **Tokis-Phoenix** » 09 Jun 2007, 17:17

Kinda looks like a L087 to me;

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... es_id=1253

Or L356;

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... es_id=1705

Or L379;

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... es_id=1717

Or L130;

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... es_id=1284

Maybe?