Wheat amongst the chaff

Post by **Shane** » 03 Aug 2005, 04:47

Dug through a shipment of "punto diamante" at the local exporter last week and found a gem. Bogota exporters call every black fish with white spots "diamond spot" so these shipments can have some gems hidden in them.

Small spot

big spot

Gem at the bottom...

Lasiancistrus anthrax

-Shane

DeepFriedIctalurus · Post by **DeepFriedIctalurus** » 03 Aug 2005, 05:06

Nice scores there Shane, I assume you don't know what the first 2 could be...or is it a test for the more plec-experienced here?

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 03 Aug 2005, 11:59

Whoa, Shane! What a find!

kev · Post by **kev** » 04 Aug 2005, 11:09

great find Shane, i really like the one with the big spot's

Kev

Post by **Shane** » 04 Aug 2005, 13:20

Thanks Kev,
He/she was the only one with really big spots in the shipment and I have taken a shine to the fish as it is always out and about while the rest are hiding.
Deepfriedictalurus,
I have my ideas of what they are, but would certainly listen to the thoughts/ideas of others. I also wanted to get two extreme variation photos from within the same population to illustrate how different two members of the same species can actually look.
-Shane

Rene MG · Post by **Rene MG** » 07 Aug 2005, 03:05

HI,

population to illustrate how different two members of the same species can actually look.

Are they Hypancistrus inspector..??

Post by **Shane** » 07 Aug 2005, 04:27

That is my belief Rene.
-Shane