What is this?

yayfish24 · Post by **yayfish24** » 27 Jan 2012, 07:14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_DWGkEs ... =fvwp&NR=1

The desciption says its a leporacanthicus? Not sure if thats what it is but maybe you guys know. Sorry I dont know how to enbed the video on the post.

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 27 Jan 2012, 07:21

This is mentioned in a sticky at the What is my catfish? forum.

This youtube video shows a fish in the genus Leporacanthicus from Venezuela. It is uncertain what species.

yayfish24 · Post by **yayfish24** » 27 Jan 2012, 07:51

Is it a rare morph of a described species or something thats so rare it hasnt been described?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 27 Jan 2012, 08:12

yayfish24 wrote:Is it a rare morph of a described species or something thats so rare it hasnt been described?

Yes, one of those two... ;)

The longer answer is that we don't really know much about it. It may be a juvenile of something that is not as stunning when mature, or it may be a species that we just don't see very often - or an individual variant of something like L240...

Bear in mind that if it's actually from deeper in Venezuela, rather than along the Colombian border, it probably won't turn up in the hobby, since export of live-stock from Venezuela is completely forbidden (except by permission for scientific purposes).

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Mats

yayfish24 · Post by **yayfish24** » 27 Jan 2012, 08:44

Id love to see it make its way into the hobby. Beautiful fish.

Ike · Post by **Ike** » 27 Jan 2012, 14:06

Acanthicus · Post by **Acanthicus** » 27 Jan 2012, 14:47

Thats not the same as the one shown above. No Leporacanthicus, but very nice!

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