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want to verify....
Posted: 29 Oct 2003, 06:04
by Pooks73
found these tonight at my lfs....what are they??? just want to double check...
Posted: 29 Oct 2003, 08:42
by Jools
Corydoras delphax? Not too sure from the picture, they may also be Corydoras melanistus but the head profile looks to "snouty" (to borrow a fullerism) for me.
Jools
Posted: 29 Oct 2003, 11:44
by Silurus
I thought it was the other way around. The snouts are not acute enough to be C. delphax and they should be C. melanistius instead.
Posted: 29 Oct 2003, 14:35
by Pooks73
i was thinking c. melanistius when i picked them up. they do have the short, shubby nose rather than the long snout.
thanks
Posted: 29 Oct 2003, 19:25
by Coryman
Pooks73
At first glance I would say either C. melanistius or C. ephippifer but I have a question, I can't clearly see the caudal fins, is there any vertical baring showing? if so they are not either of these two species. If possible can you post another picture.
Ian
Posted: 30 Oct 2003, 14:12
by Jools
Silurus wrote:I thought it was the other way around. The snouts are not acute enough to be C. delphax and they should be C. melanistius instead.
Yes, I meant not "snouty" enough. Also, we should consider than more than one species might be present. The fish in the middle left of the picture looks like <I>C. melanistus</I> but the one below it looks "snoutier" but maybe that is the angle of the shot?
Jools