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Hmoobthor
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anyone know what this oto is.

only lable as oto arnodli in petsmart ...this are larger than the regular oto.

there seem to be a fade laterial black line with dark black spot up and down the side.
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It's a fish from the macrospilus/hoppei group. I am unsure how to separate the different species in that group; even, in fact, if they can be separated.

It's definitely not arnoldi, that is the same species as in the Cat-eLog is still called .
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Re: oto catfish

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Mike_Noren wrote:It's a fish from the macrospilus/hoppei group. I am unsure how to separate the different species in that group; even, in fact, if they can be separated.

It's definitely not arnoldi, that is the same species as in the Cat-eLog is still called .
thanks..that narrow it down a bit..
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Re: oto catfish

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Definately a Macro.
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