Identification Lori

[Mustang87]

Merry Christmas to all. I would need an identification. They were given to me as L333 when they were 2cm, but now that 7 months have passed I have serious doubts.

[Mustang87]

You can ser also my L134 in pics

[bekateen]

Hi Mustang87,

Interesting fish. They are definitely a

Hypancistrus

, and there are some varieties I'm not familiar with. These are very nice looking fish.
I don't recognize them as anything typical. My first impression is that they might be a hybrid, for example of a lined Hypancistrus (maybe

L333

or

Hypancistrus debilittera

, but not necessarily) and a spotted species like

Hypancistrus contradens

or

L201

.

I'm not saying they are a hybrid, but I just don't know of any wild forms that routinely look like this. Are these captive-bred? I inferred from your post that they are. Do you know if the person who bred these also kept L201 or another spotted Hypan in the same tank?

Perhaps @Acanthicus might recognize this.

Cheers, Eric

[panaque]

My first thought was

Panaqolus albivermis

. The variation in stripy and spotty patterns in that species matches that of the fish posted here.
What makes you say it’s definitely Hypancistrus Eric?

[Jools]

Seems closest to

Hypancistrus sp`rio_guaviare`

but I agree with Eric that it'd be in the

Hypancistrus debilittera

group. Meanwhile, it DOES look a lot like

L204

and some key features like the shape of the caudal fin you can't see from the pictures. However, at that size, L204 tends to be a lot more boldly marked and, as far as I know always, the white line over the head is set well posterior of the eyes. The eyes also look larger than

Panaqolus

.

HTH and Merry Christmas everyone,

Jools

[Mustang87]

Our hobby is also made up of this, reading your comments and ideas is really a pleasure. I'll probably give them as a present myself because they are starting to annoy L134 a bit, but I liked the pattern and was curious to see what they were.