Pseudacanthicus sp. L024 ID Please

[Unungy]

Please confirm..


Saul

[MatsP]

Looks plausible to me.

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Mats

[sidguppy]

[Unungy]

Thank you Guys.
I think it is the best we can do. I'm lacking the experience with these species and it makes it hard to ID correctly.
I hope someone out there has some of these guys and will be able to tell us a little bit more.

Saul

[celticfish]

It looks like L024 to me, Rio Tocantins.
I understand the Tucuri variant doesn't or has minimal spotting on the body.
One quick way to discern L024 from L025 is the lack of spotting on the "face".
This method is not fool proof as you can see in my example pictures below.
You can see your fish has not spotting on the face from the eye to the snout area.
This is a picture of my friend's L024's in a holding tank awaiting size sorting into the grow-out tanks.



Though you cannot see it in the picture I saw similar specimens in his tank to the one in your photos.
Sorry for the bad quality but it was the best I can do with an iPhone...



Here's a L025 with the spotting on the face.


And here is another L025 variant without facial spotting.


Side-track from L024, I notice that the two variants of the L025 are always exported together.
The former being in much lesser numbers than the latter.
I have no idea if they are from the same collection location.

Cheers,
Irwin

[Unungy]

Thank you very much for putting the time and effort to reply post. It is much appreciated.
They pictures look great to me and the information provided will help others seeking proper ID for these beauties.

lovely fish your friend has.
I can only hope that he finds good homes for them.

Saul