ID this little whiptail

jjkolodz · Post by **jjkolodz** » 04 Aug 2007, 05:19

This is probably going to be tough... anyone know the species of this young whiptail?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 04 Aug 2007, 10:48

Looks like young fry to me, which doesn't make the task any easier. Even as adults they can be quite hard to tell apart.

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Mats

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 04 Aug 2007, 16:18

would be my best guess at this stage.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 04 Aug 2007, 17:48

racoll wrote:
Loricaria simillima
would be my best guess at this stage.

That's a pretty good guess imo, especially if you look at the third picture of the top row. Well seen, Racoll

jjkolodz · Post by **jjkolodz** » 04 Aug 2007, 18:09

yeah looks pretty close to me. My friend has the adults, I will try to get him to send me some pictures.

jjkolodz · Post by **jjkolodz** » 04 Aug 2007, 18:17

Also, I know that his pair spawns on the substrate... not on the glass or in a pipe... so that also matches up

pturley · Post by **pturley** » 05 Aug 2007, 01:55

But Loricaria are not substrate spawners, they are lip-brooders.

We'll need that pic of the adults.