Sighting of Ancistrus aff. ranunculus at Finatics in Richland, WA. Any info?

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Sighting of Ancistrus aff. ranunculus at Finatics in Richland, WA. Any info?

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Just stopped by Finatics Tropical Fish in Richland, WA. What a wonderful selection of plecos and corys they had.
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The best fish I saw was a single
Ancistrus aff_ranunculus
(shown above). Alas, they had only one specimen but it was a beauty - jet black body covered with homogeneously sized pinpoint white spots. Probably a female. Gorgeous fish. I wish they had more than one. This came in as a contaminant with a group of 10
Ancistrus macrophthalmus
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Exactly this fish: Image
I can't find much info about
Ancistrus aff_ranunculus
in the forums here. Does anybody have more info?

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It's Latin for 'little frog'. The name alone would make it worth getting ;-)
(Yeah, I know, not much help here...)
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:)) Good start... ;-)

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I would have gotten it myself! You show more restraint that I do when I see something nice in a fish store! :d

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Chuck, there was only one fish. What good does that do me?

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bekateen wrote: ↑19 Jul 2019, 05:52 Chuck, there was only one fish. What good does that do me?

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Doesn't do any good to have just one.... but there is always hope you may get ahold of another too some day!

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True. If I knew where this LFS got the fish (i.e., the wholesaler), that may own more doors too.

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Just spotted a photo of it at the bottom of the first page in this thread (part 8).
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Maybe the photographer has more info....
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Did you say you read German?
http://www.l-welse.com/reviewpost/showp ... product/45

The "little frog" part apparently loosely translates into German and back to English as "tadpole pleco" :)
I think I need a bigger tank so I can get me some of these...

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Never mind, that's just ancistrus ranunculus. The "aff". means it's likely related but not actually the same. Learn something new every day..
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I have 4 of these at home, 2 males and 2 females. All spotted like yours. Hoping to breed them later this year.
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You have four with the fine white spots? Dang, jac, that's terrific! Great luck breeding them!

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bekateen wrote: ↑23 Jul 2019, 06:59 You have four with the fine white spots? Dang, jac, that's terrific! Great luck breeding them!

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@jac

Is yours L34 or L255?
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Ancistrus ranunculus can be easily distinguished from Ancistrus sp. L255, their spots are very different. I have both species :icon-wink:

Here is my Ancistrus sp. L255.
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@jac

Thanks.
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