L129 or L340 ?

AndrewC · Post by **AndrewC** » 26 Oct 2007, 16:30

Some fish a shop is advertising as LDA19, which they sent me some pictures of to check their ID.

Are they L129 or L340, or something else ?

Hope you can help.

Edit;
A couple of pictures of some L129 i already have;

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 26 Oct 2007, 16:40

I'd say L129, rather than L340 - but that's just going by what it looks like.

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Mats

apistomaster · Post by **apistomaster** » 26 Oct 2007, 17:33

Even though I have dozens of Hypancistrus I am always struck by their facial resemblance to a frog.

Post by **Borbi** » 27 Oct 2007, 09:42

Hi,

you cannot tell from these pictures.
The "easiest" way is counting teeth. H. sp. "L340" has significantly less teeth than H. debilittera.
According to some people, headshape (seen from above!) is indicative, too. Haven´t seen enough definitely identified specimen of both types in different conditions to bet my lousy income on it.. ;)

Cheers, Sandor

Al · Post by Al » 27 Oct 2007, 10:52

Four upper pictures -

Post by **Janne** » 27 Oct 2007, 12:13

Alex is right, they are L199 H. furunculus.

Janne

AndrewC · Post by **AndrewC** » 27 Oct 2007, 13:32

Thanks
After searching the web for L199 H. furunculus, i found some good pictures on a German site, which help confirm they are L199 to me, though the ones i am going to get, look juvenile specimens and will have a bit of growing to do.
I did read that they grow to 4" and only breed when adult.

http://akvaforum.no/profile.cfm?id=13736&tab=3

AndrewC · Post by **AndrewC** » 31 Oct 2007, 17:58

The fish arrived today healthy and well and took some pictures of one of them in a fry trap.
It is just to check they are H. furunculus, as my fish seem more orangey/brown, than the black/white ones in the pictures in the catalouge.
Or is the orangey/brown just stress colouration ?

Post by **Janne** » 31 Oct 2007, 18:06

They are just black and white as youngsters, with age and size they change colour to more brownish...so they are still H. furunculus.

Janne

AndrewC · Post by **AndrewC** » 31 Oct 2007, 18:11

Thanks Janne
They are all at least 4" in size, so i've got a mature group.