Pseudacanthicus Sp???..or a hypancistrus species??..

sharko · Post by **sharko** » 30 Nov 2005, 20:19

This one was for sale at my LFS, as Pseudacanthicus Sp...
After some studying i get a feeling this is a Hypancistrus species...
Anyone with some ideas...

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sharko · Post by **sharko** » 02 Dec 2005, 11:10

Some more pics

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 02 Dec 2005, 12:42

Hi!
Your fish is an Hypancistrus, very likely to be L201, Hypancistrus cf inspector since obviously the real one hasn't been imported yet...

Cheers
Yann

sharko · Post by **sharko** » 03 Dec 2005, 10:12

Thanks Yann

In the post on GOC, Janne also thinks this is a Hypancistrus Sp 201.
Reason : The bodyshape is similar, and they are also exported often as L007 and L240 as the wholesale dealer view them as young edtion of galaxias.
I wonder if anyone could confirm this?

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/lo ... 1797_F.PHP
or
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/lo ... /911_F.PHP

In the tank in the shop there was indeed some galaxias.

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 03 Dec 2005, 11:34

Hi!

It can happen yes.I also saw it the other way around, a friend ordering L201 6-7cm and ended up with L240 of 20-25cm...

Actually I think these sort of thing are usually mistake from the workers, that are preaparing the orders... for such type of error...

cheers
Yann