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In what river could you find the most colorful "Hemiancistrus" sabaii?

Cheers
Cristoffer

Is this a quiz? haha i thought they were found in Essequibo, Negro, and Orinoco river

There are fish same/similar to from almost every main river in the Guyana Shield and Amazon Basin.

So, yes, there are variants of this fish that are subtly different. I'm afraid I don't know which of these variants is prettier (most likely, also a personal preference) or where it's from.

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Mats

Don't know where this one is from-thought I'd post the picture anyway..David

Of course there is a personal opinion on the most beautiful L75, but they are found in a number of rivers so I was thinking that perhaps there is some kind of over wew of the colorvarietys of their distributions.

Cristoffer

I'm sure there may be some "map vs pattern" list/table/description somewhere.

L301 comes from Rupununi, so it's unlikely to turn up in the trade very often. There is a variant from Rio Xingu that, as far as I know, doesn't have any assignation (and technically isn't covered by P. sabaji original description).

So the L-numbers are L075 (Rio Para) and L124 (Rio Orinoco). I suspect most fish sold are not necessarily correctly assigned the correct L-number...

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Mats

Hi,
mine L75 are also very nice. I think they are originally from the Rio Xingu.

Milan

Here is my L75.

Here is a colorful L124. Im not exactly sure about what river they are from.

I´ve seen anoter L124 that was brown with big spots.

There is also some L75 from Brasil that is more ornage/reedish in their fins...

Female L124 16 cm SL

wrasse wrote:every time I take a photo of my geos, he's there...

If we're running a beauty contest, Wrasse's gets my vote. Really beautiful fish.

Those are sure nice. Mine has very nice colouration, but the dots are not as distinct in the head region.

2wheelsx2 »

Wrasse... wheres you're specimen from? Sure looks nice!

Colorations also differs a lot during the growing...


Cristoffer

Cristoffer Forssander wrote:2wheelsx2 »

Been trying to get a good pic of him/her for a while, but it's been difficult. Hoping to get some buddies so they he comes out more. Here's one from last month:



About 5" not including the tail.

Cristoffer Forssander wrote:Wrasse... wheres you're specimen from? Sure looks nice!

Hi Cristoffer. At this point I wish I knew, I'll try to find out. I want to obtain a few more beauties for a longer term breeding project.

BTW- love the emoticon!!! the best.

First post on the forum after many hours of browsing.

I just bought the L-75 last week and finally got a chance to take a pic.



She's really not letting me see her at all. I had to move a stone to take the picture...after day's of patience, waiting and searching...
That's different from what i read on this forum. Anyone has an idea why?

on my wish list, they are stunning cheers jk