What L-number is this?
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What L-number is this?
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Can anyone tell me what catfish this is? (It's not mine):
Can anyone tell me what catfish this is? (It's not mine):
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It looks like a beautifully marked . It is possible that it's something else, as to be sure I'd like to see the size of the mouth and shape of the head a bit better.
[Btw, it's got an L-number (I think it's L104), but I feel that L-numbers should really only be used for fish that doesn't have a scientific name, as L-numbers are just a different way to give common names to fish, and several L-numbers can be one specie once they are described, for example].
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[Btw, it's got an L-number (I think it's L104), but I feel that L-numbers should really only be used for fish that doesn't have a scientific name, as L-numbers are just a different way to give common names to fish, and several L-numbers can be one specie once they are described, for example].
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I don't think that's a just on the patterning, but also on the head shape which looks a bit pointed. I'd go for L129.
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Well, that's a possibility but the background colour is bluish black in L318 and brownish black in L129.Jon wrote:Looks like what I know as 318.
We could quickly discount one or the other if we know where it came from (ie Brazil Vs Peru or Colombia).
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The head and body has the same shape as L333 and I think you will find out they are sold as that, we have a problem here...there are several different "types" in these group both other L-numbers with the same bodyshape and sometimes similar pattern. There are at least 3 different types sold as L333 and maybe they are right that they are the same species...but that is not for sure, if they are the same species they are different localitys and should not be mixed.
The type you have had not any L-number before the Aqualog gave them the same as L-333...my view is that they should have been given an own number but mentioned they are similar to L-333, the original L-333 is yellow with black stripes or pattern...these are black (or brownish) and white (or creamy) from youngster to adults. I have mention before in a tread they are similar to L-318 because the one's I have seen have been very variable in the pattern both like this one and like they are pictured in the Datz L-numbers...but they could have been mixed to from the exporter.
The last years it has coming so many different types of the same L-number, like L-66, L-287, L-333 and some more species but my point is that we are to fast to giving them "identity" and the risk is that people mix them and breed them thinking they are the same species.
Until further investigations will tell us exactly what they are...until that we should treat them as they was their own species.
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The type you have had not any L-number before the Aqualog gave them the same as L-333...my view is that they should have been given an own number but mentioned they are similar to L-333, the original L-333 is yellow with black stripes or pattern...these are black (or brownish) and white (or creamy) from youngster to adults. I have mention before in a tread they are similar to L-318 because the one's I have seen have been very variable in the pattern both like this one and like they are pictured in the Datz L-numbers...but they could have been mixed to from the exporter.
The last years it has coming so many different types of the same L-number, like L-66, L-287, L-333 and some more species but my point is that we are to fast to giving them "identity" and the risk is that people mix them and breed them thinking they are the same species.
Until further investigations will tell us exactly what they are...until that we should treat them as they was their own species.
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No they don't! At least not to my eyes - we need more pictures though. A good profile shot should resolve the L129/L333var question.panaque wrote:My two pennies worth: The pattern on the paired fins of the mystery fish looks very different from those of L129.
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I don't want to start a fight here but I think they do! Look at the pectoral fins for example. The unidentified fish has 7 narrow, parallel, clearly defined dark bands. The L129 in the elog always have at most 4, thick, often connected bands. Similar differences appear in the pelvic and dorsal fins. This puts it closer to L333 in my eyes.My two pennies worth: The pattern on the paired fins of the mystery fish looks very different from those of L129.
No they don't! At least not to my eyes - we need more pictures though. A good profile shot should resolve the L129/L333var question.
If only we had DNA sequences for all these fish...
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Hi!
The number of White and Black line in the dorsal fin differ as the fish get older so certainly not a good criteria to determine a species.
My fist thought on that fish that it is an L333, basically everything heads toward this id, but a lateral body shot would confirm the id...
Cheers
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The number of White and Black line in the dorsal fin differ as the fish get older so certainly not a good criteria to determine a species.
My fist thought on that fish that it is an L333, basically everything heads toward this id, but a lateral body shot would confirm the id...
Cheers
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