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Has anybody ever seen a 19 inch / 500 mm Joselimaianus? I regularly post on a Danish forum and there is a user who insists that they get just as big as Gibbiceps. When I enquire where he has seen this specimen he says they had it in a shop where he used to work. Is it possible that he is right?
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Never seen any bigger than a foot in captivity. Perhaps in the wild it is possible.
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Post by Jools »

We have this discussion every now and again. First of all make sure everyone is talking about either TL or SL. Then ask them to provide a picture with a tape measure. It's amazing how bad everyone is as estimating the size of fishes.

I've not seen on that big (SL).

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