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Can someone please tell me what this is? The guy at the lfs said it was an L239 but he is obviously wrong. Thanks in advance.

Possibly Hypancistrus contradens or Baryancistrus sp. "L 142".

I'd go with , doesn't quite look like a Baryancistrus.

Any particular is not considered? (I confess I'm rubbish at identifying white-spotted Hypancistrus, just asking to learn for myself, really).

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Mats

It's got really large white spots, which fits closely with the type series of .

For sure NOT Contradens.

i don't believe that this is a hypancistrus at all.

Better pictures are needed but i believe that it is more closely to

why not . In the first picture, the head to dorsal length looks much longer than in typical hypans, which made me think . I know these are REALLY RARE, so it might not be, but just putting another 1cent into the pot!

husky_jim wrote:For sure NOT Contradens.

i don't believe that this is a hypancistrus at all.

Better pictures are needed but i believe that it is more closely to

Scobinancistrus sp(l368)

Better pictures would help indeed, it's got large white spots but the pattern does look different than what I would normally expect on H. contradens.

Thanks for the help. My camera isn't very good, but I will try to get some better pics today.

A picture showing the mouth clearly against the glass will help quite a bit.

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Mats

Here's a few more pics.

i take my first opinion back....




just for the record, are the spots yellowish?as the pics can't really tell....

I would say the spots are white.

I would say it is a young Baryancistrus LDA.33 (same than L142). http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/_s ... cies_id=31

No?

Thanks.

For some reason, looking at all the pictures for both, I tend to think a young Baryancistrus LDA.33 (L142) seems more likely.

I think it´s Baryancistrus L-142:because in young specimens of H. contradens and inspector the white spots can´t be so big. It´s my opinion...

like that at adult:


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miryam wrote:I think it´s Baryancistrus L-142:because in young specimens of H. contradens and inspector the white spots can´t be so big. It´s my opinion...

But it has the dentition (teeth) of a Hypancistrus. Baryancistrus have large, rectangular pads places across the mouth [across the body] with lots of teeth (for scraping algae and little creatures in the algae from stones etc), where Hypancistrus has narrow rows that run lengthwise in the mouth [so from head to tail], for tearing meaty food apart.

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Mats