Farlowella platorynchus (old post: "Farlowella ID, please")

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Farlowella platorynchus (old post: "Farlowella ID, please")

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The pair with the newly laid eggs
The pair with the newly laid eggs
Got an unidentified Farlowella pair which spawned today, would be very helpful if anyone here could help me identify these two if possible.

Full resolution photos can be viewed by clicking the URL's bellow:

http://jamne.com/akvariefoto/Farlowella ... le_001.jpg
http://jamne.com/akvariefoto/Farlowella ... le_002.jpg
http://jamne.com/akvariefoto/Farlowella ... le_003.jpg
http://jamne.com/akvariefoto/Farlowella ... le_004.jpg
http://jamne.com/akvariefoto/Farlowella ... le_005.jpg

http://jamne.com/akvariefoto/Farlowella_ID/Male_001.jpg
http://jamne.com/akvariefoto/Farlowella_ID/Male_002.jpg
http://jamne.com/akvariefoto/Farlowella_ID/Male_003.jpg
http://jamne.com/akvariefoto/Farlowella_ID/Male_004.jpg
http://jamne.com/akvariefoto/Farlowella_ID/Male_005.jpg
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Male, 17cm
Male, 17cm
Male, 17cm
Male, 17cm
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Re: Farlowella ID, please

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More photos of the male…
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Male, 17cm
Male, 17cm
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Re: Farlowella ID, please

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And some of the female...
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Female, 12-13 cm
Female, 12-13 cm
Female, 12-13 cm
Female, 12-13 cm
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Re: Farlowella ID, please

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And more photos of the female...
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Re: Farlowella ID, please

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Farlowella vittata
is the most common species in the trade. I can't see any reason why it isn't that species (although they are difficult to ID).

Congrats on breeding, and nice pictures too.
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Re: Farlowella ID, please

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ID is Farlowella platorynchus.

And the eggs just started hatching last night, at least one of them so far so I guess the rest will follow.
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Re: Farlowella ID, please

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Lars Jamne wrote:ID is Farlowella platorynchus.
How did you reach that conclusion? Might be useful to state why, as it helps add useful info to the site for future users.


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Re: Farlowella ID, please

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Hi,

IMHO they are not F. vittata (rostrum too long) and not F. platorynchus (rostrum too short).
But don't ask me what they are...

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Re: Farlowella ID, please

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They got this ID by Norman Behr at the "Loricariidae Skandinavia" facebook group...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/246838982050401/
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Re: Farlowella ID, please

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Hi,

ok, if Norman says so then I'm probably wrong.
The overall pattern and also the patterns of the rostrum fits to F. platorynchus very well. Perhaps the length of the rostrum is a bit variable.

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Re: Farlowella ID, please

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Some of those photos are very Cat-eLog worthy. Congrats on the spawn and congrats on the great photography.
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Re: Farlowella ID, please

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The fry are still doing good and are eating …
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Farlowella platorynchus 301212
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