Hey out there. Are there anyone woo knows what this is ??

Clearwater · Post by **Clearwater** » 07 Dec 2004, 20:18

Its a wiptail catfish, maybe a Hemiloricaria beni? not sure, nice fish . It is in the hemiloricaria family. So look in that. Hope this helps some.
Cheers Clearwater

Norman · Post by **Norman** » 07 Dec 2004, 21:28

Hi,

Of course it is a Hemiloricaria-species.
Peter, can you tell us the length of your fishes ?
H.beni reach just a size of 8cm.

Norman

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 07 Dec 2004, 22:03

they sure look like beni; I've got 2 pairs.

they spawned too, but the Amphilius ate all the eggs.

Bad Amphilius!

The male in the second pic has this typical line-mask; so even if it isn't a true beni, it's a very close match!

Allan · Post by **Allan** » 08 Dec 2004, 17:42

Of course it is a Hemiloricaria-species.

Norman, how can You for sure tell that they are not Rineloricaria?

Thanks
Allan

Norman · Post by **Norman** » 08 Dec 2004, 18:41

Hi Allan,

Look at Rineloloricaria-species like R.latirostris or R.sp.columbia. This species look a bit stout and the males have all over their frontbody many odontodes on no specific place. The shape of Hemiloricaria-species is an other. They are thinner and the odotodes are on the headsites, the pectorals and some species have it on their back.

Norman

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 08 Dec 2004, 18:52

Thanks for all the good answers !!

Now I am sertain that it is Hemiloricaria Beni

My adult fish is app. 9cm. + whip

At the moment I've got a male with app. 100 egg's, in a tank for them selves, and the father takes proper care of the eggs. The first time they spawned, I only saved 15 youngsters from my Pterophyllum Altum.
The eggs is every time placed in a Ã¸32mm PVC tube 15cm. long

As far as I know, this fish has never been breeded in Denmark before

Best regards Peter

Allan · Post by **Allan** » 08 Dec 2004, 22:59

....They are thinner and the odotodes are on the headsites....

Thanks a lot. So i clearly see that the fish I bought as Rineloricaria microlepidogaster is actually a hemiloricaria.

http://www.fiskejournalen.1go.dk/sider/ ... emalle.htm

Actually, Aarhus has been flooded with the fish in my pictures since January 2003, where a local breeder had some succesfull spawns. But he sold them all on as Rineloricaria microlepidogaster.

Norman · Post by **Norman** » 09 Dec 2004, 07:28

Hi Allan,

But he sold them all on as Rineloricaria microlepidogaster.

The genus Rineloricaria was splitted in 2002 into 4 genera. The most species are now in the genus Hemilocaria. Some species stayed in Rineloricaria. The other both gerna are Leliella and Fonchiichthys with just a small number of species.

Do you have pictures of your fish ?

Norman

Allan · Post by **Allan** » 09 Dec 2004, 10:11

Yes, the link in my post is to my fish pics.

http://www.fiskejournalen.1go.dk/billed ... e_full.jpg

http://www.fiskejournalen.1go.dk/billed ... e_body.jpg

http://www.fiskejournalen.1go.dk/billed ... e_head.jpg

Unfortunately, I don't have any pics of a straight dorsal view, but I can take that if nessesary. They look very much like Peters fish to my eyes.

Norman · Post by **Norman** » 09 Dec 2004, 10:51

Hi Allan,

No, your fish isn't the same as Peters.
I think it could be LG6 oder maybe H.castroi.
Do you know where they set down their eggs ?

Norman