Hoplo ID please - Porthol yellow

bsfoord · Post by **bsfoord** » 01 Aug 2006, 21:06

Hi all,

Can anyone ID this hoplo that is due to be shipped in from Peru soon!

They name it Porthol yellow

Sorry about the picture but its the only one the exporter had.

Thanks
Barry

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/albu ... pic_id=671

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » 01 Aug 2006, 22:41

Looks like a Hoplosternum Littorale to me.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 01 Aug 2006, 23:22

It seems to me as well (like your other picture, but a larger specimen).

bsfoord · Post by **bsfoord** » 01 Aug 2006, 23:45

Thanks,

The verdict was out on this one! but I thought that it might be Lepthoplosternum pectorale

http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/lepth ... orale.html

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 02 Aug 2006, 09:42

Really? Do you not think it's unlikely that a fish exported from Peru, when it native in Paraguay River basin on the opposite side of the continent?

[There are some other Lepthoplosternum spp. that are native to Peru, but not the L. pectorale]

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Mats

bsfoord · Post by **bsfoord** » 02 Aug 2006, 11:31

Thanks for putting me straight on that one Mats