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what kind of Sturisoma is this?
Posted: 03 Oct 2003, 12:49
by mallemalle
Is it Sturisoma aureum or is it S. panamense?
or maybe someone else?
http://www.corydorasworld.com/planetcat ... urisoma_sp
Mallemalle
Posted: 03 Oct 2003, 12:58
by Silurus
Looks more like S. barbatum to me.
Posted: 03 Oct 2003, 16:29
by Jools
<I>S. festivum</I> would be my guess.
Jools
Posted: 03 Oct 2003, 17:00
by mallemalle
Posted: 03 Oct 2003, 17:57
by pturley
I concurr with Jools. Likely a Sturisoma festivum. Young adult male.
Sincerely,
Paul E. Turley
Posted: 06 Oct 2003, 10:57
by Yann
Hi!
Shouldn't the body be more higher for Sturismoa festivum?
How long is your fish?
The fact that no filaments are shown on the dorsal and pectoral fins anyoe me a bit as well. It should be present when the fish get mature.
Cheers
Yann
Posted: 06 Oct 2003, 11:56
by mallemalle
the fish is about 17 cm long
Mallemalle
Posted: 06 Oct 2003, 18:48
by Yann
Hi!
With 17cm, it really can't be a festivum, the filament should be really presents on the dorsal and pectoral fins. The body should really be higher than this.
Cheers
Yann
Posted: 06 Oct 2003, 21:24
by Sid Guppy
Looks like Sturisoma panamense to me, especially that reddish brown color.
Posted: 07 Oct 2003, 18:46
by Yann
Hi!
it could well be as Sturisoma panamense has a rather flat body with no filament in the dorsal and pectoral fins!
Cheers
Yann
Posted: 07 Oct 2003, 18:52
by Jools
yannfulliquet wrote:Hi!
With 17cm, it really can't be a festivum, the filament should be really presents on the dorsal and pectoral fins. The body should really be higher than this.
Cheers
Yann
SL or TL? Even at 17cm SL, the profile isn't that far off. The filament I agree with but maybe it has been removed one way or another. Colour is not a good identifying characterstic for these fish at all as they change quite dramatically depending on conditions.
Jools
Posted: 07 Oct 2003, 19:20
by Yann
Hi!
Well I still doubt about the festivum id and would likely think at panamense.
The dorsal fin is not curved the way it is on festivum....
cheers
Yann
Posted: 07 Oct 2003, 19:24
by Jools
I found another picture in the album -
Still just don't know, still tend towards <I>S. festivum</I> but not so sure now. You are right about the dorsal fin curve, but the fish does look just too small to be showing this as obviously as you would expect. Anyone find any pictures of similar sized ones with the "festivum dorsal"?
Jools
Posted: 07 Oct 2003, 21:46
by Sid Guppy
I always thought that in S festivum (and S aureum, if festivum is not similar to aureum) the dark band goes upward and reaches the dorsal fin, but with this fish it doesn't (similar to S barbatum, but this fish is obviously no barbatum).
Posted: 07 Oct 2003, 22:31
by mallemalle
ill try to tak an picture of the fish when its not on the stone so it might be possible to se the other coloration of the camo. the Sturisoma belongs to a friend of mine so ill bring the camera next time i drop by him.
Mallemalle