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looks like costatus

Posted: 22 Sep 2008, 15:42
by traumatic
looks like striped rapheal but has a dark belly rather than creamy white. Out of the smaller striped doradids, similar to Platydoras Costatus is it likely Acanthodoras spinosissimus? I'll look again to see if it's belly is mottled, prob take a picture...

Re: looks like costatus

Posted: 22 Sep 2008, 15:47
by traumatic
what should I look for to distinguish it from cataphractus?

Re: looks like costatus

Posted: 22 Sep 2008, 16:06
by sidguppy
Platydoras costatus comes in 2 varieties: white belly and black belly.

male and female...... :lol: :wink:

Re: looks like costatus

Posted: 22 Sep 2008, 16:09
by traumatic
ok, makes sense. that did cross my mind... got kinda excited it was something else...

Re: looks like costatus

Posted: 22 Sep 2008, 22:03
by traumatic
so I went back, it's def costatus.... Which is which? white=male black=female or vice versa?