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Panaque suttonorum

Posted: 23 Oct 2021, 00:31
by JasonGoneFishing
Confirmation on if this is a true Panaque suttonorum or the others from upper magdalena. I was already told what it is, but want to get it out in the open. I was told most likely P. cochliodon

Re: Panaque suttonorum

Posted: 23 Oct 2021, 00:33
by JasonGoneFishing
This is from an exporter I use in Colombia and he confirmed his are from upper magdalena. Photo attached.

Re: Panaque suttonorum

Posted: 23 Oct 2021, 01:15
by Dave Rinaldo
Comments here at PC "The Colombian blue eye panaque (which may include this upper Magdalena population) and the Venezuelan blue eye panaque are similar in gross morphology and color. Both have lunate caudal fins, a uniformly gray to black body, and blue eyes. Lujan, Hidalgo, and Stewart (2010) theorize that the two are sister species."

Re: Panaque suttonorum

Posted: 23 Oct 2021, 01:50
by JasonGoneFishing
So the photos I posted are not Panaque suttonorum correct?

Re: Panaque suttonorum

Posted: 23 Oct 2021, 09:24
by Jools
Just to be clear on Dave's excellent comments. The two sister spp. are (Described from Cauca) and (from the rivers into the Maracaibo). We have ("old blue eyes" ;-) ) as a different, third, species.


Jools