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Badenser
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can you help me?

Post by Badenser »

Hi,

here are some pics, maybe you can help me to ID this fish?

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Thank you in advance.
Last edited by Badenser on 22 Sep 2009, 18:44, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by Marc van Arc »

Hi Ralf,
I can't specify to species level, but it's a
Hypostomus
species and by the looks of it I wouldn't be surprised if it used to be a Cochliodon species (a genus which is no longer valid).
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Post by MatsP »

Both body-shape and teeth are indicating Hypostomus in the ex-Cochliodon group. Unfortunately, my brief search showed no fish with even remotely similar pattern.

A candidate, but not a positive ID would be
Hypostomus sp(l227)


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