what am I?

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 11 Oct 2009, 07:22

Sorry, I've been a little delinquent!...

Here's the new updated list:
Previously Listed Catfish

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 11 Oct 2009, 07:56

Carp37 wrote:
Marc van Arc wrote:I know this can't be it, but it could have been:
Otocinclus batmani
looking it up it is indeed named after batman

I knew, but it couldn't be your fish because it has no common names

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 11 Oct 2009, 13:20

i) I might have converted on the road to a middle eastern capital (famously associated with sword smithing).

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 11 Oct 2009, 16:25

I have a sword from there but I could only find a Brazilian reference for the same name.
Clueless on the first part of the clue....Battle for Madrid, 1936?

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torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 11 Oct 2009, 18:05

L number Banana wrote:I have a sword from there but I could only find a Brazilian reference for the same name.
Clueless on the first part of the clue....Battle for Madrid, 1936?

Microcambeva ribeirae
?

Hmm, Interesting guess. But not the fish I'm thinking of.

ii) Further south and further east than Spain. (The metalworking technology which made Spain famous for swords was, I believe, brought there by the folks I'm thinking of when they conquered most of it).

iii) Waaay earlier than 1936. The conversion in clue i) probably happened circa AD 36.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 11 Oct 2009, 18:43

It has something to do with Paul and Damascus, but the fish won't appear so far......

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 11 Oct 2009, 18:58

He wasn't always called Paul..

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 11 Oct 2009, 18:59

I can't find any fish related to Tarsus or Christ fish (although I thought some Ariidae were called as such).
I've found 3 blind species:
Blind Cave Bristlenose - Ancistrus formoso
Blind Cave Catfish - Prietella phreatophila
Blind Whale Catfish - Cetopsis fimbriata ,
but none of these seem to make sense wrt the clue.
In short, NOT (yet)!

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 11 Oct 2009, 19:03

torbanite wrote:He wasn't always called Paul..

Indeed, but also Saul doesn't ring any bells....

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 11 Oct 2009, 19:13

The only saulosi I can find are Aulonocara & Pseudotropheus

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 11 Oct 2009, 19:18

And Channa marulia is called Saul in Nepal...

Can't say I haven't learnt anything

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 11 Oct 2009, 20:06

Marc van Arc wrote:Blind Whale Catfish - Cetopsis fimbriata

Fairly close (taxonomically).

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 11 Oct 2009, 20:52

Then it has to be this:

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 11 Oct 2009, 23:09

Marc van Arc wrote:Then it has to be this:
Denticetopsis sauli

It does indeed

Saul (Paul) converted on the road to Damascus.

Your turn

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 12 Oct 2009, 06:13

Good one! I think I plugged every other associated word into the 'free search genus/species' search bar..except Saul, just tried it and guess what was the only fish to come up? I even tried visigoths...

Got sidetracked by these waterwheels in Syria -these are cool - need to make a version for my pond...still a learning thread

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norias_of_Hama

Updated for Marc

Previously Listed Catfish
Gimme a good one, I have to go away for 4 days next week, need my brain to be functioning well for the journey...

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 14 Oct 2009, 19:07

L number Banana wrote:Gimme a good one, I have to go away for 4 days next week, need my brain to be functioning well for the journey...

Slightly overdue I'm afraid.....

New fish:
1) Both my genus and species name refer to ichthyologists
2) Although one of them was actually an ornithologist
3) I was recently described
4) I'm pretty small
5) I have no picture (yet)

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 15 Oct 2009, 05:42

?

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 15 Oct 2009, 16:27

L number Banana wrote:
Tatia meesi
?

Winner

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 15 Oct 2009, 22:04

Is that in honour of Dr. Gerlof Fokko Mees?
Truly, that is a name to conjure with.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 15 Oct 2009, 22:34

Author of this book http://www.planetcatfish.com/books/book ... f+Suriname , plenty of articles and a very nice gentleman.

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 16 Oct 2009, 02:36

Marc:

Author of this book http://www.planetcatfish.com/books/book ... f+Suriname , plenty of articles and a very nice gentleman.

That's where I got it from: "I once asked him if he had any fishes at home. He said "No, I have them all here in the museum. They sit in tiny jars. It's kind of a hobby, really. In fact I am an ornithologist". I thought that was pretty funny. What's in a name? Mees literally translates into English as titmouse."
What's that called (for extra points) when someone is called something about what they do? A turtle specialist is Dr.Turtle and my local fire inspector is Mr.Smoke. We also have a Dr. Deady that work at the hospital

New fish!
Previously Listed Catfish

a) I'm South American and if I was a dancer, I'd be topless only.
b )I have no keepers but my buddy with almost the same name has several, I'm smaller and have large eyes and colouring that gave me my common name.
c) If there was a sloppy translation of my species name it may mean marked skin?
d) I have many pictures but none of them really shows my hooks.

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 17 Oct 2009, 22:43

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L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 18 Oct 2009, 05:43

torbanite:

Hemidoras stenopeltis ?

Absolutely.

Wonder why there's no close-up picture of the 'hook-like scutes'? That would be interesting to see.

All members of this family share a common feature in the row of hook like scutes running along the length of the fish, in all species of Hemidoras catfish this feature is quite subdued but still clearly visible.

It's all yours torbanite!

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 18 Oct 2009, 12:35

L number Banana wrote:a) .... if I was a dancer...

I didn't understand the dancer thing..?

Previously Listed Catfish

New fish
a) Morse, Gadget, and Sands. A careful observer will make the connection - my species.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 18 Oct 2009, 13:02

torbanite wrote:New fish
a) Morse, Gadget, and Sands. A careful observer will make the connection - my species.

Most likely incorrect, but is my first guess.
However, that leaves me with an extra inspector and a dean.....

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 18 Oct 2009, 13:38

Marc van Arc wrote:
torbanite wrote:New fish
a) Morse, Gadget, and Sands. A careful observer will make the connection - my species.
Most likely incorrect, but
Hypancistrus inspector
is my first guess.
However, that leaves me with an extra inspector and a dean.....

Most likely quite correct

Morse, Gadget & Sands are all (fictitious) Inspectors.

Next!

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 18 Oct 2009, 14:46

torbanite wrote:Morse, Gadget & Sands are all (fictitious) Inspectors.

Ah, I knew the first two are, but thought Sands referred to David Dean Sands

New fish coming up shortly.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 18 Oct 2009, 15:39

New fish:
1) Part of my genus name tells you I could be a place where people to go to watch a play
2) My species name refers to where I'm from
3) Yours truly has had this species, yet didn't add it to his species list (for some unknown reason). The data sheet will prove this.

kruseman · Post by **kruseman** » 18 Oct 2009, 16:01

Could it be : Amphilius atesuensis ?

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 18 Oct 2009, 17:01

kruseman wrote:Could it be :
Amphilius atesuensis
?

It is! Well done Arjan

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