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Can you imagine if we changed our names that often? When I went to purchase frozen food two weeks ago in my local PetSmart, the help was placing blanched zucchini in the appropriate tanks.
Amanda

I have now added an entry for and our common hobby species is .

This could do with some detail in the catelog if anyone (Shane?) wants to do a bit of work in the genus?

Jools

I like that move, Jools. I believe "bigd762" is on his/her second brood at this time. Which Chaetostoma spp., I do not know. I know how difficult it is to photo these guys. You think they're calm, then they're off to the races doing laps. Or, hiding in an inaccessible place, turning many shades of stressed-out argyle.
Amanda

Can you imagine if we changed our names that often?

Amanda,
Actually, it is not a case of changing names with Chaetostoma. Very little work has been done on this genus despite the fact that, when all is said and done, it will likely be the second largest genus of the family. The name changing will not come until the genus actually gets someone working on it!

The issues with Chaetostoma are several: 1) There are many "accepted" incorrect identifications in the hobby. For how many years were we sure the common twig cat was Farlowella acus, the blue eyed pleco Panaque suttonorum, etc, etc. It has only been in the last few years that hobbyists have started spending more time in the field than many scientists and checking what they collect against the published scientific data. 2) We also now realize that many, many spp are actually undescribed. Instead of trying to match up pet store fishes with already published data, we are collecting our own (or demanding collection data from importers) and realizing that much of what is out there is new. There are still some large exceptions to this (with all due respect, especially in the German-speaking hobby; the people that brought us L Numbers because everything MUST have a name), but many aquarists are happy now having "Chaetostoma sp 1" and waiting for the data to be fully researched then demanding that their animal be matched to an already described sp., even if it is just a guess.
-Shane

Days like this, I wish a was an Ichthyologist. I find this genus fascinating, all around. I wish more people did. I'm keeping notes on the Chaetostoma sp. I still have. Thank you, as usual, Shane!
Amanda

If anyone keeping notes (Amanda or anyone else) feels that they have useful information on [clog}Chaetostoma[/clog] that isn't in the Cat-eLog, then please can you post in the "Bugs forum". I can then enter it into the Cat-eLog, and everyone will have more useful info... [This obviously applies to any other species of fish you're keeping...]

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Mats

I'll go through my notes tonight, Mats!
Amanda

My Chaetostoma group was from petsmart and they now have had 2 batches of eggs this year. I now have 21 fry in there 55 gal with the 3 adults. Everytine I go to Petsmart to get food I check and they always have mix Chaetostoma in a tank. One day they had 1 great looking oddball and now I which I would have got it but at the time I said I did't need more fish. Petsmart around here only sells them for 3.50 and my LFS if they have 1 they sell them for 9.99 I try to get pics of my adults soon. Plus my female is really plump again. I have noticed that some fry are light in color and some are a lot darker.

bigd762 wrote:My Chaetostoma group was from petsmart and they now have had 2 batches of eggs this year. I now have 21 fry in there 55 gal with the 3 adults. Everytine I go to Petsmart to get food I check and they always have mix Chaetostoma in a tank. One day they had 1 great looking oddball and now I which I would have got it but at the time I said I did't need more fish. Petsmart around here only sells them for 3.50 and my LFS if they have 1 they sell them for 9.99 I try to get pics of my adults soon. Plus my female is really plump again. I have noticed that some fry are light in color and some are a lot darker.

I'd say we have very similar situations for fish purchasing, with identical pricing. The tank is labeled "Rubberlipped Pl*co" and a multitude of species may be in there, along with Angelfish. If you have a digital camera, please look for the "macro" function. Most newer digital cameras have them. This makes a difference. On my camera it's a little flower icon. I don't know if all manufacturers use this same symbol. This feature is meant to help you take photos of things like flowers and such up close. But, it works very well with fish, too. I know how frustrating it is trying to get those first few good photos!
Amanda

A fascinating group of fish, and one that has long held my interest. Question for Shane: would it be premature to arrange to have the name changed from C. cf. thomsoni to C. sp.(1) in this article?
http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Chae ... omsoni.php

How official is the name designation in the cat-e-log?

Deborah

Amanda and bigd, same pricing and availability around here. Cheap and always available at PetSmart; $8.99 or more (US) at LFS and rarely available - in fact, I've only seen one twice.

Until we get a proper ID (or it is described, whichever the case may be) yes.
-Shane

[quote="bigd762"]My Chaetostoma group was from petsmart and they now have had 2 batches of eggs this year. I now have 21 fry in there 55 gal with the 3 adults. Everytine I go to Petsmart to get food I check and they always have mix Chaetostoma in a tank. One day they had 1 great looking oddball and now I which I would have got it but at the time I said I did't need more fish. Petsmart around here only sells them for 3.50 and my LFS if they have 1 they sell them for 9.99 I try to get pics of my adults soon. Plus my female is really plump again. I have noticed that some fry are light in color and some are a lot darker.[/quote]

Anyway you could post some breeding info?