Which Hypostomus are these?
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Re: Which Hypostomus are these?
Does the name mean they came in from Paraguay, or does it mean someone opened up a book to ID some fish, and the closest looking fish in their eyes was something called Hypostomus sp. "Paraguay" ???
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Re: Which Hypostomus are these?
If we assume it's from Rio Paraguay, it's possibly:
[mod edit: Jools: Fixed broken clog link]
L266 is another possible candidate, but it looks higher backed than your fish.
There are another 6 species in the Cat-eLog from that river, but they are different enough to not be likely candidates.
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[mod edit: Jools: Fixed broken clog link]
L266 is another possible candidate, but it looks higher backed than your fish.
There are another 6 species in the Cat-eLog from that river, but they are different enough to not be likely candidates.
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Re: Which Hypostomus are these?
Not sure why the Cat-eLog has as from Paraguay. L266 comes out of the Ucayali system in Peru (and hence why it is sometimes seen in the trade).MatsP wrote:L266 is another possible candidate, but it looks higher backed than your fish.
This is documented in DATZ, Aqualog and Wels Atlas II.
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Re: Which Hypostomus are these?
So that seems to be a mistake. I'm putting a post in the bugs section to remind myself. I also checked L231, and it is also NOT from Rio Paraguay.
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Re: Which Hypostomus are these?
Well, for what it's worth the patterning on the fins is different.Bijn wrote:He looks a lot like the other one's in this thread but I think he's not the same. What do you think?
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Re: Which Hypostomus are these?
Patterns on the unpaired fins are different, but I am betting it is just the color/pattern differences between juvenile and subadult.
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Re: Which Hypostomus are these?
These Hypostomus are very hard to ID. This one is from Colombia and was spotted in Pier Aquatics, Wigan (I'm told it has an L Number but haven't found it yet):