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L numbers

Posted: 21 Jan 2003, 00:06
by Gus
Hi this might sound stupid, what are L numbers (iam just getting into catfish, as they say)

Cheers.

Posted: 21 Jan 2003, 00:17
by Chill
It is a coding system that the German magazine DATZ uses on plecos of the loricariidae family, the higher the number the more recent it has been discovered in general.
Some also have LDA numbers, wich is the German magazine Das Aquarium's coding system.

For more info look at this page:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/icosa/lnumbers/main.htm

Posted: 21 Jan 2003, 14:11
by Jools
I really need to update the number on that page, are we past L340 yet?

Jools