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Cetopsid of some sort?
Posted: 02 Jan 2003, 22:11
by Rusty
We picked this guy and a larger specimen of the same sp. up at the LFS for $6.00 each (they were labeled as "Baby blind whale sharks"!). Both of them were close to death, w/ a bad case of fin rot, but they are healing nicely. Now, the question is what are they? I was thinking
Pseudocetopsis, but looking at the picture now, I'm really not sure.
Any thoughts?
Posted: 02 Jan 2003, 22:28
by Shane
Rusty,
Looks like the photos of Pseudocetopsis that I have, but it does not look like any of the spp. I have photos of. Great acquisition.
Posted: 02 Jan 2003, 22:35
by Caol_ila
Hi!
Welsatlas doesnt have many sp listed but one with blueish top and white bottom...Cetopsidae sp. "Peru" but the eyes are much smaller...how big is this one?
greetings
C
Posted: 02 Jan 2003, 22:48
by Rusty
The small one is about 3 inches, and the big one is around 4.5-5 inches. Caol_ila, which atlas? Burgess?
Posted: 02 Jan 2003, 22:52
by Silurus
Looks like it might be <i>Pseudocetopsis minutus</i>.
Heok Hee
Posted: 02 Jan 2003, 23:13
by Caol_ila
EVERS/SEIDEL welsatlas band 1
german only afaik
Posted: 02 Jan 2003, 23:16
by Dinyar
The larger one is about 10 cm. Fishbase, which as we all know is often wrong on sizes, lists Pseudocetopsis minuta as 4.9 cm SL. Is that wrong?
Interestingly, they can really leap!
Posted: 04 Jan 2003, 02:06
by Sid Guppy
The only other fish that looks a bit like these is Tatia, or Centromochlus (both Auchenipterids) but those have very small or modified anal fins; that one has a nice, long normal anal fin. It looks a lot like the Pseudocetopsis pics in the Wels-Atlas!
Those tatia's etc have serrated pectoral and dorsal spines. If it hasn't spines, it's a cetopsid!
Posted: 04 Jan 2003, 02:10
by Silurus
Dinyar,
I was mooching about the Fish Division library today to try and better identify your cetopsid. Didn't find much, but I think <i>Pseudocetopsis othonops</i> is a much better candidate. Plus, it's about the right size for your fish.
Heok Hee