Hypostomus Le Kourou

kenjarle · Post by **kenjarle** » 05 Jul 2016, 09:19

A photos of my Hypostomus Le Kourou

kenjarle · Post by **kenjarle** » 05 Jul 2016, 09:24

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 05 Jul 2016, 22:33

Do you know anything else about it? Looks pretty close to .

Jools

YouTube · Post by **bekateen** » 05 Jul 2016, 22:39

Jools wrote:Do you know anything else about it? Looks pretty close to
Hypostomus plecostomus
.

Hi Jools,

Have you seen this at l-welse.com? Hypostomus sp. "Le Kourou". On that page, it states, "probably identical to Hypostomus plecostomus." (I'm translating from German)

Cheers, Eric

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 05 Jul 2016, 22:43

No, but not a bad call then...

Jools

kenjarle · Post by **kenjarle** » 06 Jul 2016, 17:26

I only knows that it is cought in river Le Lourou in Guiana

kenjarle · Post by **kenjarle** » 06 Jul 2016, 17:27

Of course Le Kourou

kenjarle · Post by **kenjarle** » 06 Jul 2016, 17:29

It is the same fishes as on the photos in L Welse .
There are only cought 4

kenjarle · Post by **kenjarle** » 06 Jul 2016, 17:31

2 photos more

Karsten S. · Post by **Karsten S.** » 06 Jul 2016, 19:58

Hi,

as I stated at l-welse.com IMHO there is no doubt that this is the population of H. plecostomus that was confirmed by Weber at al. (2012) to belong to this species. I have caught many specimen of H. plecostomus in Suriname and FG and I don't see any relevant difference.

Cheers,

kenjarle · Post by **kenjarle** » 07 Jul 2016, 07:44

super
I have looked for Hypostomus plecostomus for many years.
do you think that L 119 also is a H. plecostomus ?

Karsten S. · Post by **Karsten S.** » 07 Jul 2016, 18:43

Hi Ken,

yes, I think this is also a local form of H. plecostomus.
It's still within the reported distribution range of this species.

Juveniles of H. plecostomus of different locations and the same size look very similar.
However, the pictures in the DATZ only show a juvenile specimen (TL 9 cm), so it's difficult to say for sure if you can safely differentiate different species of Hypostomus at this size.

Cheers,