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Hi,

I have two ancistrus, i want to know your type.

Ancistrus A:

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Ancistrus B:

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Sorry for bad photos :cry:

Thanks!!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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I'm thinking these are the standard
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But my catfish haven't moustaches :S
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then they are probably female or too small to tell the sex ;)
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Thanks,

But i don't see yout "L-Number" in this page.

Thanks for information :D
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If you are asking "what is the L-number for this fish", then the answer is "It hasn't got one". Only fish that are relatively new in the hobby, and that aren't trivially identified to an already described species, are given L-numbers. These have been in the hobby for a lot longer than L-numbers have been in existence.

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Some people must be able to see these photos better than me- the only fish I can see is an out of focus tetra. I'm guessing I can only see about 5% of the photos here.
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Carp37 wrote:Some people must be able to see these photos better than me- the only fish I can see is an out of focus tetra. I'm guessing I can only see about 5% of the photos here.
I have that problem too. I think a report in "Bugs" would be needed.

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MatsP wrote:
Carp37 wrote:Some people must be able to see these photos better than me- the only fish I can see is an out of focus tetra. I'm guessing I can only see about 5% of the photos here.
I have that problem too. I think a report in "Bugs" would be needed.

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Dito. But I can see two tetras...

@Hoko
could you maybe post the pictures with a considerably lower resolution?
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sunfish wrote:@Hoko
could you maybe post the pictures with a considerably lower resolution?
Or even cropped to only have the fish, not a whole load of surrounding aquarium stuff... ;)

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that resolution is completely insane....... :shock:


anyway, a few minutes with Irfanview and Tinypic gave me this:

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regular run-off-the-mill Ancistrus domesticus.
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In case HOKO is not aware......

"Ancistrus domesticus" =
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Thanks for help me :D!!!!!
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A question, they can to be a L-393 and other to be a Ancistrus multispinis.
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A question, they can to be a L-393 and other to be a Ancistrus multispinis.
These species are very rare in the trade, if present at all in the case of A. multispinis. The common bristlenose is found in almost every pet shop in the world. It is quite variable in pattern.

To believe they are one of the above, you would need good evidence, such as that they were wild caught in at least the correct country.

Wild caught fishes are often higher in price, clearly adults, and usually labelled with an L number or trade name.

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The are Ancistrus triradiatus ?
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What makes you think the ID that has already been given is wrong? Did you pay a lot for them? Did the shop have a label saying "wild-caught" on the tank?

If the answer is "no reason other than 'I'd like it to be something unusual'' ", "no" and "no", then I'd say the original ID is correct.

Whilst A. triradiatus isn't that unusual, it's not a common fish either. Chances are pretty good that you have the common fish, I'm afraid.

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Ok!

I see an imagen in Google Images from this.

I don't know to catfish
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Well, many images found on google images do not have correct ID in the first place - people seem to think that if it looks a bit like a bristlenose, it must be their species. There are MANY fish that look almost the same, and some can only be differentiated by knowing where they got captured (unless we start killing our fish and "look inside").

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