New Zebra?

NotNoisy · Post by **NotNoisy** » 11 Jan 2004, 16:50

I bought a fish labelled L318 New Zebra. I seem to be unable to find any information about this fish, and wondered if it's correctly identified.

Pictures

What do you think?

Post by **Silurus** » 11 Jan 2004, 16:52

It's not L318.

NotNoisy · Post by **NotNoisy** » 11 Jan 2004, 17:02

Which one do you think it is?

Post by **Janne** » 11 Jan 2004, 18:34

I think your species are L-316 Hypancistrus sp and a really beauty one, the pattern can different a lot in these species.

Janne

NotNoisy · Post by **NotNoisy** » 11 Jan 2004, 20:00

Hi Janne,

I was looking at L- 316, but the tail looks completely different. Can that be a matter of age? The one I have is 7 cm including the tail, but that in itself wouldn't be an indication of age, as it would depend on how large this specie can grow I suppose.

BTW, the color of the fish is not as black as the pictures might suggest, it's more a very dark grey.

Thanks for assisting me in finding the identity of this fish

Post by **Janne** » 11 Jan 2004, 20:49

7 cm TL...I still think these is L-316 and a very young one maybe 1 year old or so, you did'nt buy more of them?
I have a few of these and they show much different in the pattern and the black is more very dark grey so it fits your fish.

Janne

Erwin · Post by **Erwin** » 12 Jan 2004, 10:43

I can only agree with Janne. If you could get a hand on the aqualog extra "The latest L-Numbers" you could find on pp. 20-21 quite a lot of varieties of this species.

Erwin