S. pardalis pic

[Dave Rinaldo, posts: 1758]

Brought this guy home today.

11cm SL

[Barbie]

Oh Dave! He's fantabulous! What a stunner! I have envy. Again

Barbie

[L number Banana, posts: 2140]

You are a magnet for beautiful fish.

[andywoolloo, posts: 2744]

beauty!!

[MatsP]

Very nice. Looks like it could do with a bit of feeding...

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Mats

[toby, posts: 34]

Very nice specimen. I was looking at Mark's previous post on pardalis and jippos comments about coloring and different populations - i.e the whitish background versus the yellowish background. Dave, given your location in Austin I would assume that you got your fish from Toyin which is where I believe Marks came in from - and we have some differences in coloration - I would assume that most of them were caught in the same location?? Dave, yours are 11cm I don't know what Mark's sizing are but maybe a consideration. All said, very nice fish.

[Dave Rinaldo, posts: 1758]

Toby
Yes, they came from Toyin via Dave's Rare Aquarium Fish. Dave had four left when I went there and we picked out the one that was most yellow. From what I understand they were all collected from the same location.

Here are two pcs Dave has on his site......

[Dave Rinaldo, posts: 1758]

Very nice. Looks like it could do with a bit of feeding...

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Mats

Damn!! And I'm out of food

[toby, posts: 34]

Dave, I was speaking with Dave @ DRAF last week and suspected that if you didn't get them at Toyins they would have come from DRAF. This "yellow coloring" that you picked out, was the fish substantially smaller than the others - could the larger fish begin to lose the yellow? You said your were 11cm or 4" and his website states his stock is 6-8" - any thoughts?

[MatsP]

11cm = ~4.3". I expect the website lists the lenght as total length. In the picture, the tail appears to be approx 25% of SL, so 1.25*4.3 gives about 5.5". So it's probably in the 6-8" range given on the list. It may be in the lower end of it, but I'd say it's in that range [I've found that shops and wholesalers often have inches slightly smaller than the rest of us, as well - I haven't been to Dave's shop, so I can't comment on that one in particular]

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Mats

[Dave Rinaldo, posts: 1758]

From Dave at DRAF.......

Hey Dave,

Since you picked yours up, the others are actually starting to get much
more yellow as well. I wonder if the silvery color is a stress coloration?

[andregurov, posts: 101]

Gorgeous. Simply gorgeous.

[Birger]

From Dave at DRAF.......

Hey Dave,

Since you picked yours up, the others are actually starting to get much
more yellow as well. I wonder if the silvery color is a stress coloration?

That is interesting...did yours stay the same as when you picked it up?

Birger

[Dave Rinaldo, posts: 1758]

That is interesting...did yours stay the same as when you picked it up?

Birger

Still looks the same.

[jippo, posts: 248]

From Dave at DRAF.......

Hey Dave,

Since you picked yours up, the others are actually starting to get much
more yellow as well. I wonder if the silvery color is a stress coloration?

Mine has never been yellow, always white. Biggest(18cmTL) has turned more gray while growing so contrast between dark spots and white base is not so stunning anymore. I'm still keeping them with brichardi's at very strong current and rocky furniture.

[naturalart, posts: 338]

Wadda fish!!!

[Dave Rinaldo, posts: 1758]

I picked up four more.
Here they are with the yellow specimen making an appearance at the end.

[jippo, posts: 248]

Mine looks exact the same like yours, except the yellow one.

I'm moving them to other tank next week, interesting to see how they are acting there.

[jippo, posts: 248]

They are acting quite much different now than earlier. They have their own territory under the big root but they are swimming more open now.

[corybreed]

Dave,

What a beautiful fish. I have not seen one in a while. Many years ago the transhipper I know would receive.a number of Syno species with that yellow coloration. I wonder if it is related to diet or environmental conditions.

Mark