Please help me ID these

[pleco-nutter]

i got these fish and would like help to ID them...
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please any help would be great

[MatsP]

I'd say

Hypancistrus sp(L066)

based on the forked caudal and the even stripes in the fins.

But I'm not very good with these fish, so someone else (like Janne) would be good to confirm this.

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Mats

[Farid]

hi mats,
it's not a L66...to white for 66

maybe check L399 Hypancistrus sp.

farid

[Unungy]

Hi

Nice L66 adults in my books.

http://www.l-welse.com/reviewpost/showp ... product/78
They have some good pictures of these guys...

L399 are more dotted.

http://www.l-welse.com/reviewpost/showf ... Andre2.jpg

Regards,
Saul

[pleco-nutter]

HI
There are 2 lights in tha tank, 1 blue and 1 white... the fish are more brown than white, sorry i should have said but this was the best lighting to get a decent picture without flash back.

[Unungy]

oh no problems.. we are happy to help if we can.
We have recently discussed a picture that looks like your fish. Please find the article below that may help you to ID

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 13&t=28958

Regards,

Saul

[Janne]

These ones are a little more tricky, the first pics seems to show quite small species but the last pic shows a Hypancistrus that not have any L-number and will look like this as adult.

Hypancistrus sp 003-1 GOC.jpg (111.34 KiB) Viewed 1439 times

The other may need some more months to develope and grow, they are quite difficult to tell apart as youngsters if they not show a typical pattern or special differencies in other ways.

Janne

[pleco-nutter]

Hi and thank you janne, that picture is a stunning fish and if mine are like those i would be very happy.
but what value do these have on the open market if they dont have an L-Number, we know how people are about buying something they are not sure of.

i have around 80 fish that i purchased as L173 but from i have seen in the group is that some are L173 some which look like L236 and others that look like the Hypan No L-Number, i would like to sell quiet a few and keep groups of each fish to try to breed them but then i dont want to sell them if they are to special if you see what i mean..

thanks again janne and everybody for your great comments

[Unungy]

This link provides good pictures that will help you ID your fish.

http://www.aquariumglaser.de/en/fish.ph ... 18&lang=en

Regards,
Saul

[Janne]

I would not sell any of them, I would sort them out in groups to separate what I think would be the same species and grow them out to almost fully adults and then breed them. These species that often are a group of different species will be very valuable in the future... more than today. I will not put any "amount" because it's up to the buyer what they are prepare to pay.

Glaser is not always correct putting L-number or locations, they also make mistakes like most of us.

Janne