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Is the colour difference there in the real fish or just in the photo?
If they are really that different, I wouldn't keep them together for breeding purposes, but I can't say that they are definitely different species either.
Unless the first picture has a very strange perspective I don't think those two are the same. With the first one I'm not even sure whether this is a Leporacanthicus. The dorsoventral compression is too strong, imho.
MatsP wrote:Is the colour difference there in the real fish or just in the photo?
If they are really that different, I wouldn't keep them together for breeding purposes, but I can't say that they are definitely different species either.
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Mats
They are a bit different in color, and of course they will not go together, just youngsters yet
They are both Leporacanthicus for sure. Look at the horn on the top/back of the head.
When it comes to the exact L-number I am unsure. I had a close look at them in the shop where they were labelled as L240.
I believe the exact number of the fish will be easier to see in a year, when they have grown some more. When I studied them in the shop I was thinking L007, but now I believe they are all L240s.
Haavard Stoere wrote:They are both Leporacanthicus for sure. Look at the horn on the top/back of the head.
When it comes to the exact L-number I am unsure. I had a close look at them in the shop where they were labelled as L240.
I believe the exact number of the fish will be easier to see in a year, when they have grown some more. When I studied them in the shop I was thinking L007, but now I believe they are all L240s.
Your the expert Haavard Post some more picks, just have to relax with a beer first. LOL
Very nice L240s. I am sorry I told you that they looked like L007s a month ago. As they all are from the same batch from the shop there could be L241s too in there. How many did you buy?