what am I?

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 08 Jul 2011, 19:24

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 09 Jul 2011, 08:13

sidguppy wrote:
Kryptoglanis shajii

Which is correct.

It's all yours if you like

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 09 Jul 2011, 08:46

sure, gotta find the long list of already used names before I pick one, though
;)

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 09 Jul 2011, 15:24

1: my speciesname was a famous person who's favorites are usually obscured on this very forum by a crowd of 6 small but strong French warriors that have no objections against the most extreme forms of doping
;)

Sfamnun · Post by **Sfamnun** » 09 Jul 2011, 16:18

sidguppy wrote:1: my speciesname was a famous person who's favorites are usually obscured on this very forum by a crowd of 6 small but strong French warriors that have no objections against the most extreme forms of doping
;)

Is it ?

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 09 Jul 2011, 16:30

no poem involved anywhere. should there be?

Sfamnun · Post by **Sfamnun** » 09 Jul 2011, 16:44

Hmm.. I guess not, as P.brichardi was already in the list of previously used species! I should check that list first, next time!

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 09 Jul 2011, 17:41

Bear in mind that it's not FORBIDDEN to have species already featured, as long as the clue is different... (Opposite to the philosophy professor at the university who gave his assistant this years exam, and was told "But this is the same exam as last year..." and the professor replied "Yes, but the answers are different...").

--
Mats

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 09 Jul 2011, 19:48

Hmm.. I guess not, as P.brichardi was already in the list of previously used species! I should check that list first, next time!

you're wrong twice in so few letters. that's probably a personal record
why right away assume that I did not?
as things are: I DID check the list
and it's not "P brichardi"

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 09 Jul 2011, 19:55

sidguppy wrote:no poem involved anywhere. should there be?

No, but crkinney was referring to his posting on the previous page. I don't want to be rude, but I deleted his second posting in which he asked "who wrote that poem" because it had nothing to do with the (then) current riddle regarding Kryptoglanis.
You may of course start a riddle, but only if you correctly answer the previous one. That is the rule of the game -).

Sfamnun · Post by **Sfamnun** » 09 Jul 2011, 20:18

sidguppy wrote: why right away assume that I did not?
as things are: I DID check the list

You seem to have misunderstood me. I meant that it was me who didn't check the list, and therefore guessed P.brichardi in vain. I actually assumed, correctly, that you did check the list. That's why, when I checked the list myself after already guessing, I already figured I was wrong (what I meant by "I guess not"). Sorry for any misunderstandings!

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 10 Jul 2011, 13:46

alrighty, apology accepted
;)

anyway, no it is indeed not
back to more hints we will!

hint nr 2:
I'm very fond of the Eight Element

not like the Fifth Element, less pretty, but much more of a necessity

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 11 Jul 2011, 09:09

hint nr 3:

my preferred food isn't Fast Food at all; since my environment is already one hectic Life in the Fast Lane as it is
;)

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 11 Jul 2011, 10:25

sidguppy wrote: hint nr 2:
I'm very fond of the Eight Element
not like the Fifth Element, less pretty, but much more of a necessity

I'm not good enough wrt chemistry.
Moreover, a hit on Google says the 8th element is magnesium, so I'm at a loss -)

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 11 Jul 2011, 10:44

What page did say that, Marc? www.alchemy-r-us.org or www.science-done-wrong.net perhaps? Mg is element number 12 [I wrote that BEFORE checking the table below, but I wasn't entirely sure - after checking I can say it's right tho' I know from my school years the word(sic) "H-HeLi-BeB-CNOF-Ne" which is the 10 first elements].

Here is a periodic table for you to look at.

--
Mats

RickE · Post by **RickE** » 11 Jul 2011, 13:36

So, Sid, are we along the tracks:

1. Something to do with Asterix and the Gauls?
2. a) Fond of oxygen. b) I'm guessing you are referring to the film here and specifically Milla Jovovich?
3. Lives in a strong current and scrapes its food off the substrate?

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 11 Jul 2011, 14:11

you and Snafmun are both on the right track

loves/needs oxygen, good looking (although not as good looking as Mila Jovovich

) , scraping food, strong current; Snafmun already figured out the bit about Asterix ;)

almost there!

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 11 Jul 2011, 18:45

Wild guess:

Famous person but not wrt Asterix...

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 11 Jul 2011, 21:11

nope, it's a much simpeler and by all means more well known fish.

remember; I ain't too good at this at all; so it's pretty straightforward as things go.

Snafumen was really close. and RickE made some very good guesses too.

nicofish · Post by **nicofish** » 13 Jul 2011, 05:47

Marc van Arc wrote:
nicofish wrote:BUMP FOR WANTING TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE LAST RIDDLE
I'm not going to give the answer myself -).

New clue:

My genus name is a cross between a glass catfish and a European wels.

lol (laugh out loud)

believe it or not I was going to guess wels catfish, but I remembered those spawn in shallower waters (correct me if im wrong)

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 14 Jul 2011, 09:24

another hint:

unlike many of my brethren I am not easily mixed up with the horrible creations of Dr CZ Frankenstein, my looks are too unique

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 14 Jul 2011, 11:30

sidguppy wrote:remember; I ain't too good at this at all; so it's pretty straightforward as things go.

Well, I think you underestimate yourself ****** much

(****** = pretty)

crkinney · Post by **crkinney** » 14 Jul 2011, 15:41

Might I be Clarias Oxycephals. such a lovely critter.
mule

Sfamnun · Post by **Sfamnun** » 14 Jul 2011, 20:08

Hmm... Now, this fish was also on the list, but otherwise seems to fit. Don't know how it would fit with the hybrids as I haven't been keeping an eye on them. ?

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 15 Jul 2011, 10:21

spot on!
I checked the list but
a: it was not alphabetical.....
b; it then turned into a Wall of Text

so I missed this one!

but you got it
"brichard"(like the phyllonemus) is the cichlid man hidden by six Asterix

it's a rheophile (Oxygen and fast current)
and it grazes, what it feeds on but doesn't need to graze sure isn't a fast moving organism
and hybrids made from this species don't even look like it at all

take it awayyyyyyy ;)

Sfamnun · Post by **Sfamnun** » 15 Jul 2011, 19:24

Well, I guess it's my turn!

Let's see...

Cute and striped, I could be differentiated from most of my congeners by having dark longitudinal stripes on a lighter body. Of those who share this particular characteristic I am the most recently described.

I might share one of the above mentioned (in the last riddle) characteristics and/or habits of .

Sorry if it's too vague. I'll happily add more clues if required.

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 15 Jul 2011, 19:42

?

Sfamnun · Post by **Sfamnun** » 15 Jul 2011, 19:58

No, but I'll add another clue- you also got the continent wrong.

Sfamnun · Post by **Sfamnun** » 17 Jul 2011, 22:57

Another clue: I am not the most common catfish being exported from my country of origin. However, if you were to look at the most common catfish export you'd probably be looking at fillets!

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