Could this fish be Phractocephalus hemioliopterus?

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Could this fish be Phractocephalus hemioliopterus?

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Post by Jorge » 20 May 2005, 10:53

Could this fish be Phractocephalus hemioliopterus? It is identified as it in the Monterrey aquarium... but to me it has a very light coloration... and old individual? another species?

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Post by Shane » 20 May 2005, 13:18

Yes, it is just a melanistic individual.
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Post by coelacanth » 20 May 2005, 15:13

Shane wrote:Yes, it is just a melanistic individual.
-Shane

I think you forgot the "a" in amelanistic....

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Post by Shane » 20 May 2005, 17:01

Thanks!
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