ID Help Please

[rphox2003]

Can someone please tell me what this is? The guy at the lfs said it was an L239 but he is obviously wrong. Thanks in advance.

[Acanthicus]

Possibly Hypancistrus contradens or Baryancistrus sp. "L 142".

[Suckermouth]

I'd go with

Hypancistrus contradens

, doesn't quite look like a Baryancistrus.

[MatsP]

Any particular

L201

is not considered? (I confess I'm rubbish at identifying white-spotted Hypancistrus, just asking to learn for myself, really).

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Mats

[Suckermouth]

It's got really large white spots, which fits closely with the type series of

Hypancistrus contradens

.

[husky_jim]

For sure NOT Contradens.

i don't believe that this is a hypancistrus at all.

Better pictures are needed but i believe that it is more closely to

Scobinancistrus sp(l368)

[nvcichlids]

why not

Ancistrini sp(l082)

. In the first picture, the head to dorsal length looks much longer than in typical hypans, which made me think

Ancistrini sp(l082)

. I know these are REALLY RARE, so it might not be, but just putting another 1cent into the pot!

[Suckermouth]

For sure NOT Contradens.

i don't believe that this is a hypancistrus at all.

Better pictures are needed but i believe that it is more closely to

Scobinancistrus sp(l368)

Better pictures would help indeed, it's got large white spots but the pattern does look different than what I would normally expect on H. contradens.

[rphox2003]

Thanks for the help. My camera isn't very good, but I will try to get some better pics today.

[MatsP]

A picture showing the mouth clearly against the glass will help quite a bit.

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Mats

[rphox2003]

Here's a few more pics.

[rphox2003]

[husky_jim]

i take my first opinion back....

Hypancistrus contradens

just for the record, are the spots yellowish?as the pics can't really tell....

[rphox2003]

I would say the spots are white.

[Swiss sp. Crazy]

I would say it is a young Baryancistrus LDA.33 (same than L142). http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/_s ... cies_id=31

No?

[rphox2003]

Thanks.

For some reason, looking at all the pictures for both, I tend to think a young Baryancistrus LDA.33 (L142) seems more likely.

[miryam]

I think it´s Baryancistrus L-142:because in young specimens of H. contradens and inspector the white spots can´t be so big. It´s my opinion...

like that at adult:


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[MatsP]

I think it´s Baryancistrus L-142:because in young specimens of H. contradens and inspector the white spots can´t be so big. It´s my opinion...

But it has the dentition (teeth) of a Hypancistrus. Baryancistrus have large, rectangular pads places across the mouth [across the body] with lots of teeth (for scraping algae and little creatures in the algae from stones etc), where Hypancistrus has narrow rows that run lengthwise in the mouth [so from head to tail], for tearing meaty food apart.

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Mats