Ancistrus sp "wabenmuster"

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Ancistrus sp "wabenmuster"

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Ancistrus sp. "wabenmuster", a beautiful ancistrus species without location details. There for not entered in the cat-e-log.
But I have so many nice pictures and video of this fish I would like to start a topic about them. All information I will add to this thread, enjoy ;-)

After some time of searching I collected this very nice Ancistrus in Germany from Oliver Frank.
I bought a group of 10 youngsters, all about 4cm.

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The markings on this species are truly magnificent!
Five months later they are about 7cm and one of the fish is growing his tentacles.

Nice bright colors, possible female.

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Ancistrus wabenmuster during feeding.

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That's a stunning fish! Nice pickup!! Hope you have breeding success
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That is a really stunning fish. Never seen it before.
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It's a pretty one. I am being picky, but it should be written Ancistrus sp. "wabenmuster" else some could think it is a described species name (and, formally this can cause taxonimic issues). Oh, and I can add them to the catelog if you would like them to have a home here. :-)

Thanks for posting, they're great pictures.

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Stunning fish! Probably among some of the most beautifull Ancistri.
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stunning Ancistrus
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Jools wrote:... it should be written Ancistrus sp. "wabenmuster" else some could think it is a described species name (and, formally this can cause taxonimic issues). Oh, and I can add them to the catelog.
CLOG entry created as
Ancistrus sp`wabenmuster`
. And IIRC, @jac, elsewhere you've given us permission previously to use your photos on the CLOG. I've held off because there was no CLOG page, but now that it's created, I'll add in your photos.

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Jools wrote:It's a pretty one. I am being picky, but it should be written Ancistrus sp. "wabenmuster" else some could think it is a described species name (and, formally this can cause taxonimic issues). Oh, and I can add them to the catelog if you would like them to have a home here. :-)

Thanks for posting, they're great pictures.

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I'm picky too so changed the name straight away :d Daniel once asked me why I used a capital letter for the species name, and told me off [-X So I don't anymore! It's the simple things, but important....and picky :d I like it!!
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bekateen wrote:
Jools wrote:... it should be written Ancistrus sp. "wabenmuster" else some could think it is a described species name (and, formally this can cause taxonimic issues). Oh, and I can add them to the catelog.
CLOG entry created as
Ancistrus sp`wabenmuster`
. And IIRC, @jac, elsewhere you've given us permission previously to use your photos on the CLOG. I've held off because there was no CLOG page, but now that it's created, I'll add in your photos.

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Thank you Eric, cool!! :-BD
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Stunning is definitely the right word for this fish! I wish that they were available for sale somewhere, I would love to add some to my collection.
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Picture update, fish are growing nicely :YMDAYDREAM:

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That fish is absolutely stunning!
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These are amazing!!! Are these also called honeycombs??
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Very beautiful ancistrus! Looks a bit like Ancistrus sp. Rio Paraguay.
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Jacqueline, did you have success with breeding these, yet?
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Jobro wrote: ↑28 Oct 2018, 22:11 Jacqueline, did you have success with breeding these, yet?
Yes, since spring they have spawned non stop and I have hundreds of fry :-BD
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jac wrote: ↑29 Oct 2018, 06:15
Jobro wrote: ↑28 Oct 2018, 22:11 Jacqueline, did you have success with breeding these, yet?
Yes, since spring they have spawned non stop and I have hundreds of fry :-BD
=)) I was going to say she can't get them to stop! Jac, I hope there are some left when I visit. ;-)

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Yeah I would like to get some, too :D

Eric, you gonna visit the metric continent? :P
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So is this a real species or some hybrid ? Because i have very nice strange looking maybe hybrids now ! :-)
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If a fish breeds true - offspriung looks similar to the parents, the fish cannot be a hybrid in that apsect

It can still be a domestic morph, such as an albino, but as far as I know, this Ancistrus was imported, given it's name and Jacqueline managed to breed them. So most likely it is either a new population of a known species or a new species
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