ancistrus leucostictus

general-sherman · Post by **general-sherman** » 24 May 2003, 12:24

can i have some general care info on these, thanks.

Post by **Shane** » 24 May 2003, 15:20

All I have is that they come from the Essequibo system. Are they being imported? I would love to see a photo.
-Shane

general-sherman · Post by **general-sherman** » 25 May 2003, 03:16

they aren't being imported?
ancistrus hoplogenys and ancistrus leucostictus are fairly common in australia.
i don't know if the are the true leucostictus because i can't find a reliable and recent pic.
the "common" bristlenose in aus is currently unidentified i think...they came in about thirty yrs ago and nobody seems to know their Lno or latin name.
also available are ancistrus ranuculus. very expensive and difficult to get.

http://pub80.ezboard.com/fthesydneycich ... 6957.topic

there should be some pics there. if not go to: the sydney cichlid page, general cichlid discussion, topic title: peppermint and variant.

Post by **Silurus** » 25 May 2003, 10:48

the "common" bristlenose in aus is currently unidentified i think...they came in about thirty yrs ago and nobody seems to know their Lno or latin name.

That would be A. triradiatus, I think.

general-sherman · Post by **general-sherman** » 25 May 2003, 11:26

had a look...i think the ancistrus sold as "common" in aus are darker than that. but body shape, fins, bristles are all identical.
it could just be colour difference between wild and captive strains. who knows what 30 yrs of captive breeding has done to them.

Bilby junior · Post by **Bilby junior** » 25 May 2003, 13:22

To my knowledge the "common" bristlenose in Australia are A. temminckii.

Post by **Silurus** » 25 May 2003, 16:04

What is commonly referred to as A. temminckii is actually A. triradiatus (see this thread).

Post by **Shane** » 26 May 2003, 03:57

If no new Ancistrus have been shipped to Australia in 30 years, you could be correct as most aquarium shipments in the 1970s came out of Guyana. If there have been shipments since then HH is probably correct that they are A. triradiatus.
-Shane

general-sherman · Post by **general-sherman** » 26 May 2003, 20:25

what did we think of the pics?

kgroenhoej · Post by **kgroenhoej** » 26 May 2003, 21:13

I think it depends on your whereabouts.
If Shanes pictures of A. triradiatus in the Cat-eLog shows what A. triradiatus really looks like - then A. triradiatus isn't the A. sp. available at every LFS here in Dk.
In a matter of fact there's 4 A. sp. common in the trade here - one large kind with 8 rays in dorsal and one kind there's a little smaller with 7 rays in a not so big dorsal. Otherwise they look very much alike. The two other kinds is albinos - I believe they are albinos of the two kinds already mentioned.

-Klaus

Post by **Shane** » 26 May 2003, 21:18

Klaus,
I am basing the A. triradiatus comments on two things, 1) The VAST majority of Ancistrus photos we receive at Planet Catfish are A. triradiatus and 2) The huge numbers of this Ancistrus sp. exported out of Colombia. Maybe most of these are just ending up in the States and not crossing the ocean.
-Shane

kgroenhoej · Post by **kgroenhoej** » 26 May 2003, 21:53

I understand what you mean.
The misunderstanding might have something to do with the phrase: "common in trade".
I believe what you say, when you say that A. triradiatus is the most common A. sp. exported, but the most common A. sp. here is not imported - it's locally breed (and have been that way for a long long time).

-Klaus

general-sherman · Post by **general-sherman** » 27 May 2003, 02:57

if no new shipments of bn have come to australia in 30yrs, and they came from guyana, which sp. would they be?
there have been bristlenose come into the country, just none of the common ones.
ancistrus ranuculus came in a while ago.

Post by **Silurus** » 27 May 2003, 03:33

if no new shipments of bn have come to australia in 30yrs, and they came from guyana, which sp. would they be?

A. temminckii

general-sherman · Post by **general-sherman** » 27 May 2003, 10:51

oh...ok thanks.
would that make them a. triradiatus also?

Link2Hell · Post by **Link2Hell** » 26 Nov 2003, 16:38

This is what is sold as L043 A.leucosticta in Australia
the 001 and 002 pic are fish 7-9cm size and the Juv pic is 4-5cm size
Leucosticta Pics

Chris

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A.leucosticta