what am I?

Suckermouth · Post by **Suckermouth** » 15 Apr 2010, 20:12

Let's try .

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Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 16 Apr 2010, 13:52

Suckermouth wrote:Let's try
Hisonotus montanus
.

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A brilliant guess but not quite right i'm afraid

Suckermouth · Post by **Suckermouth** » 16 Apr 2010, 20:41

Aww man, I was sure of myself!

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 17 Apr 2010, 12:02

Next clue: A synonym would keep your automobile running

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 19 Apr 2010, 18:52

Richard B wrote:Next clue: A synonym would keep your automobile running

**Bump**

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 21 Apr 2010, 18:16

Richard B wrote:Next clue: A synonym would keep your automobile running

**Bump**

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 21 Apr 2010, 19:02

Richard B wrote:
Richard B wrote:Next clue: A synonym would keep your automobile running
**Bump**

I take it all these "Bumps" will indeed keep your automobile running, but a new clue might do the trick

Btw: if you bump a car these days it's immediately damaged. What ever happened to steel bumpers?? At least they were able to do their job!

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 21 Apr 2010, 20:12

Richard B wrote:...& he replied...

"It's an Hoplo' my son!" (said in best Brian Clough accent)

I seem to remember steel "bull bars" on 4x4s got banned as a danger to pedestrians.. maybe the same was true for steel bumpers on proper cars. They may protect the car, but kill whoever you happen to collide with.

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 21 Apr 2010, 21:34

?

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 21 Apr 2010, 21:55

torbanite wrote:
Richard B wrote:...& he replied...
"It's an Hoplo' my son!" (said in best Brian Clough accent)

I seem to remember steel "bull bars" on 4x4s got banned as a danger to pedestrians.. maybe the same was true for steel bumpers on proper cars. They may protect the car, but kill whoever you happen to collide with.

@ Torbanite,,,name the species & you have it!

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 21 Apr 2010, 21:58

Marc van Arc wrote:
Richard B wrote:
Richard B wrote:Next clue: A synonym would keep your automobile running
**Bump**
I take it all these "Bumps" will indeed keep your automobile running, but a new clue might do the trick
Btw: if you bump a car these days it's immediately damaged. What ever happened to steel bumpers?? At least they were able to do their job!

The 'bumps' are just to keep the thread 'alive' & are not part of the clues....

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 21 Apr 2010, 22:06

Richard B wrote:
torbanite wrote:
Richard B wrote:...& he replied...
"It's an Hoplo' my son!" (said in best Brian Clough accent)

I seem to remember steel "bull bars" on 4x4s got banned as a danger to pedestrians.. maybe the same was true for steel bumpers on proper cars. They may protect the car, but kill whoever you happen to collide with.
@ Torbanite,,,name the species & you have it!

To be fair, there is only one species, so Torbanite wins

"Hoplo, my son" would be the father's answer. Atrizona (arizona) sounds like it is from North America, Synonym is H atrizona PETROLUS which keeps an automobile going...

Over to you, Torbanite

Suckermouth · Post by **Suckermouth** » 21 Apr 2010, 22:40

I didn't know this Hoplo reference, curses!

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 22 Apr 2010, 09:52

Hooray the plan works again!
I would NEVER have bothered looking at that species if it hadn't been in this thread!

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 22 Apr 2010, 10:12

grokefish wrote:Hooray the plan works again!
I would NEVER have bothered looking at that species if it hadn't been in this thread!

Whoa, high praise indeed, from the "Master of the thread"

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 22 Apr 2010, 19:20

New fish..

i) It is believed I may be a lip-brooder.
ii) I've got a cracking set of barbels - unusual for my family.

Who am I?

Suckermouth · Post by **Suckermouth** » 22 Apr 2010, 19:27

? Cool fish!

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 22 Apr 2010, 19:29

?

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 22 Apr 2010, 20:18

Richard B wrote:
Pseudohemiodon laticeps
?

Ooh. Close, but no cigar

Suckermouth wrote:
Furcodontichthys novaesi
? Cool fish!

Winner!

Suckermouth · Post by **Suckermouth** » 22 Apr 2010, 21:08

It was thanks to my copy of Covain & Fisch-Muller 2007, haha. I might not know my fish but I know where to look!

Okay, let's see:

"Unexpectedly, I've got a low eye."

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 22 Apr 2010, 21:58

?

Can't match the "unexpectedly" however.

Suckermouth · Post by **Suckermouth** » 26 Apr 2010, 03:59

You can expect from my name that something else is low besides my eyes.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 26 Apr 2010, 10:05

could fit, still no idea about the species though

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 27 Apr 2010, 14:11

this one is a bit hard!

Suckermouth · Post by **Suckermouth** » 27 Apr 2010, 18:19

I'm new at this riddle-making thing, haha. Let me reword my clues and see if that's better.

I have low eyes, but unexpectedly they named me for something else that is low near my eyes!

Bas Pels · Post by **Bas Pels** » 27 Apr 2010, 19:22

perhaps

Hypoptoma means low head. Low eyes are not mentioned in this name - so unexpectedly, these are low too, and only 1 species is descrbed in the Cat eLog

Suckermouth · Post by **Suckermouth** » 29 Apr 2010, 18:02

Bas Pels wrote:only 1 species is descrbed in the Cat eLog

Check again!

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 29 Apr 2010, 18:40

Sounds like a Harry potter spell!

Suckermouth · Post by **Suckermouth** » 29 Apr 2010, 19:00

Matt's got it. "Unexpectedly" was a double clue. "inexspectatum" also means "unexpected".

Bas Pels · Post by **Bas Pels** » 29 Apr 2010, 19:16

So close

so unexpected close. Had I seen inexpectatum I would have recognized the right species.

Matt - it's your stage

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