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It was an out of memory page on the site.

But...I think...and I understand if you guys won't hold your breath......that I may have done it right this time...

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Boo ya !

tnks for your patience folks.

[Mod edit: I split this post from the others in the thread that were discussing how to post photos --Mats]

It's almost certainly a Hypostomus in the Cochliodon group. It is, as for most species in this group, much harder to identify WHICH species. Do you have any idea which country it came from?

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Mats

Good work.

Does indeed look like .

Some more photos would help...

Thanks Mat - I'm afraid I don't know the country.

Would pictures from particular aspects help and is what feature should I try and capture ?

edit : this picture seems visually very close/identical to me

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Yes, but identifying Hypostomus species purely on image looks-alike is not a reliable method. Knowing it's origin would help reduce the number of possible candidates.

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Mats

Hi,

do you have a mouth shot of this one? Where the teeth are identifyable? I´ve seen too many Hypostomus sp. exactly resembling a Cochliodon sp. from that very river to base a genus identification solely on the body shape. Teeth count, on the other hand, gives it away immediately (different feeding habits).

Simply by looking at the pictures, I would guess it´s the classical Cochliodon sp. "Paraguay", generally known as the "Red Bruno". Saying that, I don´t know whether the "Red Bruno" has a Hypostomus brother.

Cheers, Sandor