what am I?

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 17 Dec 2009, 19:09

How about Blood in greek - aima
?

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 17 Dec 2009, 21:54

Right some clues to help you out:-

My species name used to contain part of my family name but no longer does.
My closest relative featured as catfish of the month in the month that hostage crisis of over 100 days at the residence of the Japanese ambassador in the country where the type specimen for it is from, ends after government commandos storm and capture the building, rescuing 71 hostages.
"It" being the closest relative.

It is now easy.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 17 Dec 2009, 22:38

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 17 Dec 2009, 22:44

Right on

Care to explain how you got it Marc?

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 18 Dec 2009, 09:11

grokefish wrote:Right on
Care to explain how you got it Marc?

The hostage clue gave it away. Ended April 20th 1997; CotM then was A. pectinifrons; closest relative is A. albomaculatus.
Synonym: Doras (Doradidae).
And the fact that both you (atm) and the fish (normally) produce "much mucus"

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 18 Dec 2009, 13:09

Marc wrote:

And the fact that both you (atm) and the fish (normally) produce "much mucus"

Hope you're feeling better Grokefish - wouldn't have gotten that one in a million years.
Good one

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 19 Dec 2009, 22:15

New fish:

My common name is used for two different fishes from the same family.
You are looking for the one that doesn't have a common name in the land of its type locality.

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 20 Dec 2009, 22:10

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 20 Dec 2009, 23:16

might (also) fit

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 21 Dec 2009, 09:22

torbanite wrote:
Oxydoras kneri
might (also) fit

That's the one

Common Name(s) Armado (Argentina)
Type Locality CuiabÃ¡, Brazil.

The other Armado is Pterodoras granulosus
Common Name(s) Armado (Argentina), Bacu (Brazil), Common Bacu

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 21 Dec 2009, 16:25

Dammit I flipped a coin on that one!

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 21 Dec 2009, 16:46

grokefish wrote:Dammit I flipped a coin on that one!

Following clues is better than flipping coins

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 21 Dec 2009, 18:27

Previously Listed Catfish

i) The culprit can be found in Venezuela?

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 24 Dec 2009, 19:49

ii) The culprit was described only quite recently.
iii) Where he was collected there is now a reservoir.

Oh.. & happy Christmas!

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 24 Dec 2009, 23:10

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 26 Dec 2009, 12:50

Marc van Arc wrote:
Pseudancistrus reus

Correct!

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 26 Dec 2009, 19:49

Good skills Marc! I have been baffled by this one! for some reason I was thinking it was a cory.......

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 27 Dec 2009, 23:19

New fish:

Sometimes people confuse me with a relative due to our patterns. But if you give me a good look, you'll see that I'm different. Bigger, broader, larger.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 29 Dec 2009, 14:57

2) I'm an African species
3) I have a CotM

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 30 Dec 2009, 16:30

No-one? Everybody tired of guessing?

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 30 Dec 2009, 18:09

Or just too full of food to type. Is it ?

Jools

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 30 Dec 2009, 18:25

Thanks, but nope.
Different family (one with an ever increasing number of H-fishes.........)

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 30 Dec 2009, 19:02

?

Jools

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 30 Dec 2009, 19:25

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 30 Dec 2009, 19:53

grokefish wrote:
Synodontis contracta

Winner

The exact 3 words from Clue 1 can be found in the text that goes with this species under Identification.

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 31 Dec 2009, 11:04

Oh my, I got it again!
Right next:-

My first name is a combination of this place:-

and this:-

However the place has 2 possible answers, one which is correct for this species.

Another clue about the location pictured:-

You could possibly find 99.4% of my DNA in this location.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 31 Dec 2009, 11:22

Not the place, but the act leads to a (non-cat-)fish, namely the paddlefish

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 31 Dec 2009, 11:33

I see where you going there Marc

It is a Catfish though, I got it by selecting the random species button and then searching for clues from there, so my clues may be a bit crap.

Want another?

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 31 Dec 2009, 13:45

Zaireichthys camerunensis

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 01 Jan 2010, 00:15

Absolutely amazing

Well done on that, how did you work it out Sherlock?

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