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5" whiptails but what kind?
Posted: 02 Mar 2010, 12:46
by teddyman5
Re: Large whiptails but what kind?
Posted: 02 Mar 2010, 12:49
by DJ-don
??? not good at id-ing fish
Re: Large whiptails but what kind?
Posted: 02 Mar 2010, 13:28
by Richard B
when you say large - what sort of size are we talking?
Re: Large whiptails but what kind?
Posted: 02 Mar 2010, 13:34
by teddyman5
About 5"
Re: Large whiptails but what kind?
Posted: 02 Mar 2010, 13:49
by MatsP
Rineloricaria do grow to 5-6", and I see nothing that says "it's not rineloricaria", but figuring out which species could be much harder.
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Mats
Re: Large whiptails but what kind?
Posted: 02 Mar 2010, 14:18
by Richard B
teddyman5 wrote:About 5"
Ah, ok thanks - i wondered if you meant large as in over a foot long or bigger...
Re: Large whiptails but what kind?
Posted: 02 Mar 2010, 14:31
by MatsP
Yes, when we (me and Richard) was at Pier Aquatics just after Christmas, there were some larger whiptails where the body was easily 12" not counting the caudal fin. Neil reported that in Argentina they saw ones that were 2ft long, with about 4ft caudal extensions. So in the whole scheme of things, 5" is not very large. But of course, these aren't common in the fish-shops, so I'm not surprised you have never seen them.
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Mats
Re: 5" whiptails but what kind?
Posted: 03 Mar 2010, 05:06
by Shane
Rineloricaria eigenmanni ??? not good at id-ing fish
You got it right this time! Since these are also Colombian exports, it backs up my previous posting about the others most likely coming from Leticia.
-Shane
