can this be a L 98???

du ma · Post by **du ma** » 01 Aug 2004, 12:10

can the experts here tell me if this is posibilly a L 98??

thanks

Walter · Post by **Walter** » 01 Aug 2004, 18:34

Hi,
L 98 and L 173 are "only" false coloured Hypancistrus zebra, so you could chose for yourself, which number you want to give this fish ;)

blackmystus · Post by **blackmystus** » 01 Aug 2004, 18:38

looks similar to the zebras that weve got. but they're not an L46. and they're not L98. i have zebras, tigers, albinos, bristlenoses, panaques, queens, kingtigers, the lot, all together in a big tank and some pair of the zebra lot have bred. (WILL NEED ID) just kept me head down in me tanks for a while. yes guys that means L46 cross? is this possible? have i opened up a whole Zebra shaped can of worms? or have my zebras (46's) just bred between themselves? i don't know. zebras are well hard to correctly id when they are small. could be a variant pattern. could be a male with thick banding? could be anything but nice fish anyway. the picture looks a bit stretched or it could be the angle of the shot.

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 01 Aug 2004, 23:37

Hi!

What most people dont realize is that the L Number gets obsolete when the fish is discribed...which means L46/98/173 and even prolly L174 are all Hypancistrus zebra - nothing more nothing less.

blackmystus · Post by **blackmystus** » 02 Aug 2004, 22:19

its the whole classification thing that gets me. one books describes and photographs a fish that could be anything where as another gets it right sometimes. although classification is helpful, sometimes it can be a little confusing between sites. and as for new species, LFS's dont help either. we all know what i mean. i just like to have some rough idea of what it is and then try and breed them. i mean, why not? but still, nice fish. that's all that matters.

zebras? just zebras.
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