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Real Shampupa?

Posted: 04 Nov 2012, 17:03
by Elwood
Just bought this Panaque as Panaque sp. but I think is a .
I'm wrong?
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004 di Riccardo B, su Flickr

Re: Real Shampupa?

Posted: 04 Nov 2012, 17:46
by rob rensen

Re: Real Shampupa?

Posted: 04 Nov 2012, 17:53
by megacat
Do you have better pictures?

Re: Real Shampupa?

Posted: 04 Nov 2012, 18:12
by matthewfaulkner
I agree with Rob, looks more like . If it were , at that size (looks to be between 10-15cm?) I'd expect to see brighter, more orange coloured eyes.

Panaque titan 15-20cm

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Re: Real Shampupa?

Posted: 04 Nov 2012, 19:52
by rob rensen
L418 15 cm

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Re: Real Shampupa?

Posted: 04 Nov 2012, 21:38
by Elwood
Thank you guys :-C
So L418 must have at least 1 straight line from head to tail, brighter green and red eyes (in juvenile), right?

Re: Real Shampupa?

Posted: 05 Nov 2012, 00:17
by matthewfaulkner
Elwood wrote:So L418 must have at least 1 straight line from head to tail, brighter green and red eyes (in juvenile), right?
The eyes (I would call them orange in colour) and the brighter body colour, yes, but not a continuous line. The lines on both these fish are very variable.

Re: Real Shampupa?

Posted: 05 Nov 2012, 08:32
by rob rensen
there's also a difference between the tailfins...

Re: Real Shampupa?

Posted: 05 Nov 2012, 08:35
by rob rensen
and a few years later the L418 looks like this

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Re: Real Shampupa?

Posted: 05 Nov 2012, 12:20
by Elwood
Thank for the pictures Rob, you got such a beautiful animals!