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L56 Parancistrus sp. bariancistrus aurancistrus
Posted: 14 Oct 2005, 15:55
by ACIDRAIN
Can anyone give me any info on these guys? I have a chance to aquire 3 of them. But cannot seem to find any info on them, other than a few pics. The more beneficial info I am looking for, is sexing them, along with aggressive nature, breeding, and the more advanced kind of stuff.
From my experience with the Parancistrus, these 3 all appear to be males, but I am hoping for some info telling me I am wrong.
Thanks for your time.
Posted: 14 Oct 2005, 16:01
by Silurus
Posted: 14 Oct 2005, 20:45
by ACIDRAIN
Thanks for the reply, it did help some. But mainly I was wanting to know if there was any documented way to sex them. I rarely buy same sex fish. As there is always a hope of them spawning some day.
Posted: 17 Oct 2005, 10:20
by MatsP
Apparently, males can be differentiated by the fact that they are golden when they are in good condition.
Other than that, it doesn't appear to be easy to sex these guys. Of course, the general rules of sexing loricariidae still applies: Males are more likely to have odontal ("hair") growth on pectoral fins, gill-covers, back-end, etc. But not all of these are present on all species, and the condition of the fish also affects the details of the sex.
Maybe you can buy a trio and see if you can give us some more details on how to sex them?
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Mats
Posted: 21 Oct 2005, 16:52
by L-14
Has anyone seen dark healthy large Parancistrus auranticaus with full spines/bristles or gold female ones?
L056 origin
Posted: 22 Oct 2005, 16:03
by jellyfish
Hi -
Is L056 collected in the same place as Parancistrus aurantiacus? I can't seem to find much information on the L056.
Jeri
Re: L056 origin
Posted: 22 Oct 2005, 17:15
by Jools
jellyfish wrote:Hi -
Is L056 collected in the same place as Parancistrus aurantiacus? I can't seem to find much information on the L056.
Jeri
The two are the same thing.
Jools
Posted: 22 Oct 2005, 18:30
by jellyfish
Thanks Jools. The reason I ask is that I have read (but can't verify) that P. aurantiacus is collected from the Rio Tocantins and L056 is collected from the Rio Araguari(?).
If that's true and if all of the chubby/rubber plecos collected in the Araguari are brown/black, they are probably a different species than P. aurantiacus. If yellow fish are coming from both locations then it might just be a color variant or sex difference of the same fish.
Jeri