I still say sunlight would be your best bet.

God sdmfnasgaerit. Freaking england.

for me, this is not the best angle to ID rineloricaria-ish species. Although, given your locality, it could very well be LG-6.

first one looks like 401. The second would be easier to ID in the water.

"Or, to extend that one (didn´t come up with that myself, just don´t remember where I read it): you can just as well assume that the bristles developed from odontodes in that the odontodes are covered with some skin, which, later in the development, "detaches" from the odontode itself...

If you go by phylogeny, in less derived genera, such as lasiancistrus, the rostral tentacles are associated with odontodal growth, which, assuming this was a trait present in linkage species, was lost in later (i.e. ancistrus) species. Therefore, it is plausible to say that rostral odontodes are in ...

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah baby.

Aren't the snouts of most ancstrines plated? That would assume that spongy tissue would not be present. If not for feeding, then it would seem the answer would be much more straightforward--the naked, unscuted tissue lining the rostral processes simply require some sort of barrier against pathogens,...

Of course, even if the secrets of panaque digestion are elucidated, there's still the matter of getting them to eat ;).

Just a thought---did they test variances in bristle biology between rearing males and nonrearing males?

The female selective theory (although it could very likely be a part of the big picture) wouldn't explain the mucus covering the processes. Why not just evolve processes that don't leak precious metabolic calories? Theoretically speaking, fry, while still sacbound, are not feeding necessarily on the...

While I realize gut die offs during transit is often considered a myth, I'd be interested in seeing some piece of work that contrasted freshly caught panaque microbial activity with that of 1) their surroundings and 2) their aquarium reared counterparts. Unlike other textbook xylivores, panaque have...

I don't see why it couldn't be possible, although, there is no correlation that I am aware of between bristle surface area of a species and fry yolk sac size or time in the cave. Furthermore, fry do not appear to leave the care of a male in a more developed state than other similar ancistrinae. Also...

"I think I heard that a PhD takes about 4 or 5 years to earn on average in our department (which is above average, if I'm not mistaken)"

that is very, very much above average. here's it's at least six, usually.

looks like 399/400

what the hell is going on here. I can't see a point through all the marijuana smoke.

The title was mainly to get your attention (trying to get 173 owners such as Haakon in here). I was told that this fish was L-173 by its owner, but I do not believe this to be the case. I'd like to get some input on this. http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/jenclibee/001021.jpg I'm thinkin'...oh...

Looks rather bulky--possibly 333.

It's surely just a time thing.

I am well aware, Larry, that you have no sent me any PMs. I believe I made it perfectly clear that you and those individuals are separate entities. Keep in mind my posting is not directed exclusively towards you. “You have no clue what my situation is.” I know it enough such that you have access to ...

Firstly, I can see how, given that this is a hobbyist website, that this is an unpopular viewpoint to take, but man, chill the hell out people--mostly Larry, but also like the three other people that PMed me with scathing messages. Anyways, I may be misinformed, but won't the aforementioned natives ...

to be quite honest, i would much prefer a large revamp of the brazilian electrical grid such that more people can gain access to electricity with less hassle and at a lower cost, than scrap this just to save a few good looking fish. not sure if this is what this topic addresses, but oh well, right?

I have spawned F1s. I know of others who have F2s. Keep in mind that it has been only recently, say, within the last ten or so years that the basics of loricariidae spawning have been elucidated. I would still maintain that hypans are easy to spawn.

the body shape of the right one does not seem to match that of L401.

The left one appears to be 66, and the right, possibly a 66 as well. Body shape doesn't seem to be that of 333.

i have found that young limnivores, specifically, tend to be difficult to feed in large size aquaria. It is best to put them in an enclosure.

The mouth profile seems to be hypancistrine.

UC gundam series are great.

Those do look as though they have a different body shape that is not reminiscent of L-236. I threw up a little in my mouth reading the price, though.

a loricariinae tank (lamontichthys, hartia, planiloricaria, pseudohemiodon, pterosturisoma, etc, etc), for sure, with a few choice ancistrinids.

a riveriine tank-balitorids, lithoxus and kin, ancistrus, neblinichthys, chiloglanis, kryptopterus, goodeids, chaetosoma, poecilids.

I'd like to give you a big bear hug.