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Post by Luis.Ventura »

hello again guys

A friend game me 2 catfishes, one of them a normal
Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps
sailfin of 20/30cm that i am trying to get a owner since its way to big for my taste even if it is a wonder to see.

Now the thing is he had this beautiful little catfish that i can´t ID. is he a L201
Hypancistrus inspector
? i have been looking in my Aqualog but i can´t get it right. the moron that kept her (because of the belly i guess its a she) mixed cat fish whit loaches, i guess he didn´t have enough covers for all fish so the loaches might have gauged her eyes (that's why he is giving me these guys now.... to late).


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can you guys help me Id these beauty?
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Post by Luis.Ventura »

sorry i forgot

there is also these:

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i´m not sure but they are the genus of rineloricaria no?
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The first one looks like
Panaque albomaculatus
- but photo of the mouth showing the teeth would confirm.
(Quite possibly female)

Second one is quite likely
Hemiloricaria eigenmanni
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Thanks Mats

as soon i can my hands in it i will try to photograph is mouth, but from what i see i think its the one. Never thought of it being a panaque...
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It is certainly not L102 (Hypancistrus inspector), but it could be L201. I don't think it looks that much like P. albomaculatus, which typically has a different tail fin shape.
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I would think it is more of a L201.
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If it's a Rio Orinoco Hypancistrus, then I'd say it's
Hypancistrus contradens
based on the higher body-shape.

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Post by Meloizias »

Mmm the contraden has a solid black tail more likely a small spot variety think it l136 or something like that.
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It can´t be a L136, they are way to spoty
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Agreed, this isn't L136. I don't think it's contradens, which AFAIK has larger spots than L201.
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Could be
Hypancistrus lunaorum
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racoll wrote:Could be
Hypancistrus lunaorum
, no?
Oh... Wow I forgot about H. lunaorum somehow. =))
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I agree, H. lunaorum is a good candidate. I also tend to forget about it when discussing Hypancistrus...

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