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I bought those two in lfs. They call them "bushynose". Fishes are 3 inch long, one with
more bristles ( male ? ) always chasing another one. Please, help with identification.
Thanks for help. Here is the picture :
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dtsikl ... pg&.view=t

There are no pictures in the album, but bristlenoses (Ancistrus spp.) are also often known as bushynoses.

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Those are common bristlenoses (Ancistrus sp.), whose exact identity is still contentious. See this post.

Tsiklop wrote:I bought those two in lfs. They call them "bushynose". Fishes are 3 inch long, one with
more bristles ( male ? ) always chasing another one. Please, help with identification.
Thanks for help. Here is the picture :
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dtsikl ... pg&.view=t

part of the question that you have posed, is the one with the most bristles a male. judging by the pictures you have posted the answer would be yes.. enjoy your fish.

ken walker

Tsiklop wrote:I bought those two in lfs. They call them "bushynose".

Bushynose is probably a better name for <I>Ancistrus</I> species than bristlenose; it was, at one point championed by Lee Finley amongst others. The name hasn't really caught on though and there are no laws governing the use of common names except perhaps the law of the almightly dollar.

I mention this becasue there is very rare pleco indeed that probably has a better "claim" on the common name of bristlenose. I have heard stories of a $1000 "finders fee" price tag on this particular species - as far as I know it has never been exported. I refer to <I>Neblinichthys</I>......



Jools

Strange that the topic of Neblinichthys should come up. I was in the type collection of the AMNH the other day and stumbled on the holotype and paratype of N. pilosus.
I can get pics for the Cat-eLog, if you want.