Info on Pleco from Brazil

riverwonders · Post by **riverwonders** » 18 Oct 2005, 23:51

Hello,

Looking for any information on this particular pleco from brazil.

Thanks for the info.

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kamphol · Post by **kamphol** » 19 Oct 2005, 09:05

Looks like an albino L047.

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 19 Oct 2005, 11:26

Hi!

Yeap looks like one!!
Albinos L47.. quite unusual to see such fish with such color!!
cheers
Yann

riverwonders · Post by **riverwonders** » 19 Oct 2005, 15:31

yannfulliquet wrote:Hi!

Yeap looks like one!!
Albinos L47.. quite unusual to see such fish with such color!!
cheers
Yann

Thank you for the information.
I thought that albino have to have red eyes. These ones have black eyes. I cought 10 of them in Xingu River 1 month ago.
Thanks again for the information.

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 19 Oct 2005, 15:41

The eye looks somewhat red on your pic.

If it comes from Xingu L47 is very likely and if not albino its a xanthorist.

riverwonders · Post by **riverwonders** » 19 Oct 2005, 15:51

the eye are very black
and I dont think is a xanthrist y have other pictures bot I dont know how to posted here
regards
RW

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 19 Oct 2005, 16:05

What exactly makes you say its not a xanthic fish?

xanthochroism, n. condition in which all skin pigments except yellow and orange disappear.

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 19 Oct 2005, 16:06

Hi!

Is the body really this yellow or it is more a olive green??

cheers
Yann

riverwonders · Post by **riverwonders** » 19 Oct 2005, 16:14

Hi
the color is complitly yelow
an I know that is not a xanto because I have them and the head are Biger an they have barbs in the pectoral fins
i can send to you the other pictures
sorry for my english
regards

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 19 Oct 2005, 16:19

Xantochromic is a way to call a coloration that is in a certain way similar to albinisme but instead of having a red eye, the fish (whatever species or genus) has normal eye coloration...

Still makes your fish a
Cheers
Yann

kgroenhoej · Post by **kgroenhoej** » 19 Oct 2005, 16:27

Riverwonders - you mistake the word xanthorist with the nickname (in some countries) for Parancistrus aurantiacus: Xanto.

riverwonders · Post by **riverwonders** » 19 Oct 2005, 16:43

Ok THank you for the information
Regards

FuglyDragon · Post by **FuglyDragon** » 20 Oct 2005, 05:15

Just curious.

'I cought 10 of them in Xingu River'

Would you get 10 fish with this yellowing condition / coloration ? or is it not as rare as a wild albino ?

The color and the eye remind me very much of L144, but the location is obviously wrong.

riverwonders · Post by **riverwonders** » 20 Oct 2005, 05:57

Hi,
I agree with Yannfulliquet that these plecos are L047
and for some reason are yellow,
and yes, I was in the Xingu river one and a half month ago caching some zebra plecos and we cought these ones.
Regards

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 20 Oct 2005, 10:32

Hi!

Riverwonders: did you catch any zebra...
Under Brasilian rules, catching Hypancistrus zebra is stricly forbidden, the only authorised way is for scientidic purpose and upon approval of the IBAMA, which will also send personal to collect along the scientific (basically to control they catch what they said, the correct number they were allowed...)

@ Fuglydragon:
I highly doubt someone could find 10 of these in a short period of time, it is a color mutation, and it is very rare, with such color, he will much likely ended up eaten in the wild...lucky catch I would say!!

Cheers
Yann

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 20 Oct 2005, 10:52

yannfulliquet wrote: @ Fuglydragon:
I highly doubt someone could find 10 of these in a short period of time, it is a color mutation, and it is very rare, with such color, he will much likely ended up eaten in the wild...lucky catch I would say!!

Cheers
Yann

I agree with that. However, if the genetics are there, there would probably be a whole brood of them. I don't know how many are in a Baryancistrus brood, but I expect there to be more than the 50-80 that you get in a Ancistrus sp(3) bunch. So if you happen to find them before they've been eaten, you could catch several of them.

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Mats

riverwonders · Post by **riverwonders** » 20 Oct 2005, 15:07

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Hi
yes we have 15 zebras in Los Angeles
Regards