Better picks to follow

[Birger Amundsen]

But this must most likely be P brevis?

[Richard B]

looks like it to me

[Birger Amundsen]

Sold to a friend as Peckoltia SP Rio Itaya.... Crap I say

[MatsP]

Well, P. brevis distribution roughly matches Rio Itaya, so it may just be a colour variation on P. brevis.

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Mats

[Birger Amundsen]

Wont argue on that Mats But what would you call it?

[Birger Amundsen]

How about this, sold as unknown specie???

[MatsP]

I'm not at all an expert on this group of fishes - I'm just saying that the if P. brevis lives in Rio Itaya and other rivers in that area, then the Rio Itaya variant may well look different from the other species covered by that species name. It's close to P. brevis, that's for sure. I don't think it's correct to call it "P. sp. Rio Itaya", it would be more accurate, in my amateur Ichthyology opinion to call it P. brevis 'Rio Itaya', if you wanted to designate it to a specific region - which is perfectly valid thing to do.

Of course, as I said, I don't know this species well - it may be that the exporter/importer/wholesaler can see some difference that I'm not looking for.

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Mats

[MatsP]

Looks more like an unknown fish, not an unknown coin (specie = coin, species = type of animal(s)). Sorry, had to do that... ;)

And from that picture, I'd say it'll remain unknown... At least a shot of the head. From what I can see of it, I'd say that it's a possible Chaetostoma - but that's just a completely wild guess.

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Mats

[Suckermouth]

I don't think it's a Chaetostoma. I haven't looked at a ton of Chaetostoma but I don't think that tail shape is typical in that genus. A Peckoltia (or Hemiancistrus) I think is pretty likely, but I am not familiar with those genera. Looks vaguely like the fish in the pic of L055, for instance.

[Birger Amundsen]

I`m waiting for better picks on botht species.... They are supposed to be collected in Peru?

[Unungy]

It looks like L226 to me

When they are stressed the color changes. It looks like an adult one

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/im ... ge_id=6316

Regards,
Saul

[Birger Amundsen]

I`w hade some 226 before, dont look like those to me....

[Birger Amundsen]

It looks like L226 to me

When they are stressed the color changed. It looks like an adult one

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/im ... ge_id=6316

Regards,
Saul

I think you might be right

[Unungy]

I'm Glad you found and ID for your pleco.
They are so beautiful and very wanted in Europe, good luck breeding them.

Regards,

Saul

[nvcichlids]

How about this, sold as unknown specie???

This reminded me of

Ancistrini sp(l127)

as that is the angle I see of my male the most.

[Unungy]

A little hard to see from that picture but I'm sure if better pics are provided someone here will be able to have an idea or at least will try to ID it.

[Birger Amundsen]

Better pick of the so called "sp blue"

[Birger Amundsen]

One more without ID...

[Borbi]

Hi,

..your Peckoltia sp. "Blue" should be

Peckoltia sp(l055)

.

And the last one is most likely Ancistomus sp. "L 147" (or Hemiancistrus, if I remember correctly).

Peckoltia sp(l147)

Cheers, Sandor

[Mod edit: replaced/added CLOG links to make it easier to access --Mats]

[Birger Amundsen]

Thanks Sandor

[MatsP]

Can we confirm the export location of the L055 - if that can be confirm, I'd say it's correctly ID'd, and we then want pictures of that one, as we only have a single picture...

I think L147 is the correct ID for that one. But if both fish came from the same exporter, I don't think the L055 is correct ID, as there is a huge amoung of geographical obstacles between the Rio Meta area in Venezulea/Colombia, and Araguaia in the Brazilian state of Amapa on the border to French Guiana.

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Mats

[Birger Amundsen]

I`l se if I can find out Mats. Get on it ASAP

[Unungy]

Better pick of the so called "sp blue"

This guy looks like it is in deed L55, but may a location help to be sure.

One more without ID...

It the fish came from the same exporter.. I will say this is a super nice L277.


Regards,
Saul

[MatsP]

I'm sure you mean to type something other than L277 -

Peckoltia sp(L288)

perhaps?

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Mats

[Unungy]

Yep typo thanks Matt

[Rita Aspevik]

Hello everyone.

First of all, I apologize for my bad english

It's my daughter and her boyfriend who have purchased these fish.
4 individuals purchased as Peckoltia sp. Rio Itaya and 7 purchased as Peckoltia sp. Blue.
We see that the 4 "Rio Itaya" must be three different species.
I make a new thread for each of the 4 species, then it's maybe easier to identify each species

[Birger Amundsen]

Mabe one of the moderators should close/delete this thread, so there there will not be to much confusion, since a new tread about the same fishes has been opened???

[MatsP]

Unless there are NEW posts in the thread that are clearly confusing, I'd say it's fine to just leave this thread as it is - no one post here unless it's CLEARING something up.

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Mats