New species?

[theonetruepath]

One of the traders here in Oz popped up a pic of this beauty asking what we though breeding pairs would be worth.

Anyone seen them before?

He said it was new and had no name yet although he suggested pleco d'oro

[Lornek8]

Panaque sp(3)

[andywoolloo]

stunning

[pturley]

The picture appears to be nicked directly from the Cat-ELog.

It's reversed with a bit of cropping, but it's the same picture. You may want to remind your dealer that the images in the Cat-ELog are copyrighted to the original photographer. Unauthorized use is not permitted.

[Jools]

It was nicked from the Pier Aquatics site I think. Anyway, the fish did not arrive in any numbers and I would not hold any hope of finding any for sale at present.

Jools

[Rohan Richardson]

Does anyone know anything about this specie ie. collection sites etc. ? Rohan R

[Yann]

Hi!!

Please People!!! 3 posts in three day regarding one same fish...
Rohan, think you could have ask the question which is partially answered already in the topic:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 13&t=24570

I ll fusion both topic into one.

Cheers
Yann

[Yann]

And to answer your question!!

it only information given was it was imported from Peru...but like you can imagine with such beauty, the origin won't be known for sure in a longtime...buisness protection by the person who found it, I am sure he don't want anyother people to find, catch and sell these beauty...and as stated by Jools...unlikely these will hit the market in number anytime soon...
Cheers
Yann

[hjlouca]

very beautiful catfish wish i had one

[HaakonH]

I remember when these pics first showed up. It's been a while so I can't really remember with certainty, but I think they came from Mortenthaler in Peru.

-Haakon

[Jools]

I will add more pics soon,

Jools

[Alan]

Does Panaque sp(3) mean it's a hybrid or an as yet un-named/described panaque? And does anyone know what sort of length these would attain?

[Martin S]

Does Panaque sp(3) mean it's a hybrid or an as yet un-named/described panaque? And does anyone know what sort of length these would attain?

The sp(3) denotes it is an as yet un-named/described panaque. PC has designated it as sp(3) until such a time as an official ID has been documented.
HTH
Martin

[Alan]

Thanks. Does anyone know a length for it?

[grokefish]

Wow what a fish, from the top it looks like parancistrus but the dentition is clearly panaque.
I think this would be big seller.

Matt

[Richard B]

The photo against the black substrate shows a truly stunning fish. Much better than the newly added photos i think. Whether we see this available though.....

[Jools]

The new and old pictures are all of the same individual fish, from Peru and apparently a very difficult fish to collect. It is a very nocturnal

Panaque

and to me looks to be very like a slightly bigger

Panaque changae

in terms of care and breeding at least.

Jools

[Richard B]

The new and old pictures are all of the same individual fish, from Peru and apparently a very difficult fish to collect. It is a very nocturnal

Panaque

and to me looks to be very like a slightly bigger

Panaque changae

in terms of care and breeding at least.

Jools

Hmmm, very interesting indeed, certainly food for thought on displaying this (& other fish), but then again very light or artificial coloured substrates seldom allow fish to settle & look their best.