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Will get more pics once it's settled in and feeding.
Thanks
Martin
Completely agree.Silurus wrote:I think you have identified the fish yourself.
Oddly enough, the first name that came into my head when I saw it was Ospodoras stubelli.sidguppy wrote:this is what we kept for years as "Opsodoras spp"
Thanks Richard - will call Wholesale today and see if they have any left.Richard B wrote:although it was a while ago - wholesale trops had a tank of 'em - about £7 or £8 each if they're still there.....
maybe it'd shoal with hassar? if they were available (amwell)
Seems like I should move them, no?Yann wrote:Hi!!
I should have ask him... I had the feeling about this but wasn't much sure...
The one with the two dark bands in the caudal fins are Doras punctatus the other are Doras eigenmanni
I had a talk about it with Mark regarding ID of Doradidae from Bolivia...
Cheers
Yann
Thanks very much to you and MarkThe.Dark.One wrote:Mark Sabaj has looked at these images on this thread and the ones on the Cat e Log and he feels that they are Doras punctatus (and some possibly Doras / Oxydoras eigenmanni - if you look at the images on the Cat e log there are two different 'types'). He said that both species belong in a currently undescribed genus.
Hi YannYann wrote:Hi!!
I should have ask him... I had the feeling about this but wasn't much sure...
The one with the two dark bands in the caudal fins are Doras punctatus the other are Doras eigenmanni
I had a talk about it with Mark regarding ID of Doradidae from Bolivia...
I've changed the catelog and moved fish accordingly, fortunately I have enough info on those pictured to do it accurately. I'd like to use some pictures of your fish Martin, but they are mostly missing the all important caudal fin. Would use up to 7 more if you have or can get them (various angles, dorsal, ventral views, close-up of tail, barbles etc).Martin S wrote:Jools - if in agreement, let me know if any of my pics are any good for the CateLog and I'll send them over.
Martin
JoolsJools wrote:I've changed the catelog and moved fish accordingly, fortunately I have enough info on those pictured to do it accurately. I'd like to use some pictures of your fish Martin, but they are mostly missing the all important caudal fin. Would use up to 7 more if you have or can get them (various angles, dorsal, ventral views, close-up of tail, barbles etc).Martin S wrote:Jools - if in agreement, let me know if any of my pics are any good for the CateLog and I'll send them over.
Martin
BTW, you'll also need to move you "my cats" record over to the new species.
Jools
CheersHi Yann,
Adult size for these species is about 100 mm total length or perhaps a little smaller.
Doras punctatus is often among submerged vegetation - eigenmanni more often along sandy beaches in large rivers - both are found in either black or white water (there may be "morphs" that are particular to one vs. the other water type - generally darker punctatus with large spots are blackwater, light punctatus with small spots are whitewater). Both species have small teeth - but, I do not know what they eat - presumably small aquatic inverts.
Trachydoras paraguayensis is white water - also along sandy beaches of larger rivers. This species does not have teeth - probably eats small buried inverts like chironomid larvae.
cheers,
Mark
Hi YannYann wrote:Hi Martin!!
yes yours are Doras punctatus
Here are the info I had received from Mark regarding these fish:
CheersHi Yann,
Adult size for these species is about 100 mm total length or perhaps a little smaller.
Doras punctatus is often among submerged vegetation - eigenmanni more often along sandy beaches in large rivers - both are found in either black or white water (there may be "morphs" that are particular to one vs. the other water type - generally darker punctatus with large spots are blackwater, light punctatus with small spots are whitewater). Both species have small teeth - but, I do not know what they eat - presumably small aquatic inverts.
Trachydoras paraguayensis is white water - also along sandy beaches of larger rivers. This species does not have teeth - probably eats small buried inverts like chironomid larvae.
cheers,
Mark
Yann