... and be careful. If L 70 get touched by sunlight - it crumbles into dust.

Hi,

dont't get me wrong, I think they are special and really not ugly. Problem is - pictures in DATZ and on the internet could not show their beauty

Hi,
this is Hypancistrus sp. (L70). There are still some breeders for this fish in Germany. It will be difficult to survive for this type. It's for the real fan.

Hi, L 287 was introduced in December 2000 in Datz. The animal was an incidental catch of Panaqolus sp. (L 74) from the Rio Para. That means: 1 animal, no catching location. Perhaps this L 287 war catched in Xingu and then jumped from his tank over to the L 74 tank at the exporter ;-) Than: In Februa...

Hi, a very nive variant! Doesn't look like L 173 to me - seems to be a kind of L 333 typus. Look at the folowing picture: http://chromapark.de/apps/client/guder_f/cromapark/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Hypancistrus_sim236a.jpg These fish came from Belem to Germany. When they are young they are white. ...

Hi, congratulation for spawning a Hypancistrus. Please try to make some pictures, even from the parents. L 287 is not a valid L-Number, and the story behind this L-Number is just a bad joke, but I have a pair of an Hypancistrus type, called L 287 by Aquarium Glaser. So I call them L 287 (Glaser 2007...

Hi, sorry to say, but this fish looks like a crossbreed between L 260 and L 66. I have seen such a form in Germany (sold as L 411! btw). They are nice, but please avoid mixing and crossbreeding Hypancistrus. In case of L260 the situation is really bad. I think "real" ones are very rare, si...

Hi,
I don't know what the others in the box are - but the plec on this picture is L 260. A little bit stressed, but adult an typical in shape and marking.

I hope that you have some females in the box, this is allways the problem with L 260.

I have a large group of L174, L174 all have very small eyes. So this is the reason these pl*co's aren't L174, because these have big eyes. Hi, yes, the size of the eyes is the difference between L 174 ans L 400. But it is also true, that big eyes are a sign for bad growth too. Since some people thi...

Hi, easy to say, that they are not L 174. L 400 is very similar to L 399 and other Belo Monte Variants (L 345, L 287, "lower Xingu"). So it is not easy to say what they are. Problem is: They are far to small after one year. They look skinny. Perhaps they are tankbred. The big eyes and the ...

Hi, good point apistomaster: "L333 is an L-number which I think is actually represented by a good half dozen variants." This is the key that leads to new thinking about hypancistrus. We got a single l-number i.e. L 333 and find many different fish. Same is with L 66 and of course L 173. On...

@ Yann, sorry I have only heard, that some people say, that Gl*ser has sold H. sp. "santarem" (now L 450) as L 173b. I think this is just a rumor and not true. If so someone has betrayed Gl*ser, because these Fishes has been tankbred. I have L 173 and L 450 for myself - they are very diffe...

Hi, I have visited Aquarium Glaser several times. When it comes to rare hypancistrus, like L 173, 236, 345 the amount of imported wildcaught fish was very low, sometimes only one. Often exporters in Brasil send some unknown fish together with this rare L-Numbers. So you have to pick the rare L-Numbe...

Hi,

they are very small. It is very difficult to identify juvenile Hypancistrus. Looks like a variant of L 333.
These are tankbred Hypancistrus, so you just have to ask the breeder.

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Hi,
for sure Hypancistrus sp. (_260). Get a girl and start breeding this wonderful Hypancistrus.

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Hi, sorry to say, but these fish are not L 173 for sure. In my opinion these fish are the result of selecting special marked individuals out of Hypancistrus sp. (Gurupa) (first), (L 287) a lower Xingu form and perhaps even L 66. Perhaps, when these fish were sold at 30mm, they have looked like L 173...

Hi,
sorry to say, but this is Hypancistrus sp. L 411 and not L 260. Body shape, fin and pattern is typical. L 260 is blurred with L 410, so even when the pattern looks different, there are many hybrids out there. Real L 260 are very rare.

Hi,

looks like young Hypancistrus contradens. Shape of the head is right and typical for H. contradens. Pictures from above will help.

Hi, First: Janne - thank you for your article published in Amazonas Magazin about the Situation of the Belo Monte Dam. (This article is in german, but google will translate it for sure) http://www.amazonas-magazin.de/AMAZONAS-31-S-8-12-Belo-Mont.1873.0.html I hope this article helps german ornamenta...

Hi, I'm not sure with Hypancistrus. This could be Peckoltia as well. Perhaps L 80 ore something similar. Check the Mouth for Details: Mouth of Hypancistrus: http://hypancistrus.chromapark.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Hypancistrus_santarem_a.jpg Mouth of Peckoltia: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catel...

Hi,
in my Opinion - this fish is L 136. That means the location Tapajos ist just wrong. That happens all the time with hypancistrus.

Hi, the image on aquabid shows Hypancistrus sp (L 136) (a, b, c are just different markings). These fish comes from Rio Demini a tributary to Rio Negro (Amazon) (northwester brasil). From Rio Tapajos comes Hypancistrus sp (L 262). It seams, that L 136 is exported regularly, not smuggled out of Brasi...

Hi, feeding small Hypancistrus is very easy with living artemia/brine shrimp nauplii. In my opinion, feeding them right in the first weeks is the key to a good growth rate. If not, they will grow very slow. After the first days you can add pulverized tablets with algae. Try to feed them 6 to 8 times...

Hi, Yes - this is Hypancistrus sp (L 174). Nice markings and good contrast. Identification is easy: - small eyes, position more on top of the head - c-type caudal fin, smaller fins - long head/nose Next is L 400, and some breaders crossbreed this species because l 174 fry grows very slow. Hybrids gr...

Hi, nice pictures! - - V30 01 = picture doesn't show the characteristics (head shape, body shape) of L 340. Markings could be L 129 as well. V02 01 = is Peckoltia, (???) Hypancistrus = looks like Hypancistrus sp. L 400 with untypical (damaged) tail V28 = Hemiloricaria lanceolata V27 01 = Hypancistru...

Hi,
in my opinion it is not possible to identify this fish. I see a typical l 66 (image 3 & 9), and a typical l 401 (image 5). The rest is something else. This situation leads to hybrids for sure.

Greetings Felix

Hi, just to inform you about new developments concerning catfish in brasil. As mentioned in a german forum (L-welse.com) http://www.l-welse.com/forum/showpost.php?p=158894&postcount=3 , Ibama has released a whitelist: This is the list: http://ibama2.ibama.gov.br/cnia2/renima/cnia/lema/lema_texto...

Hi,
for me - it is a hybrid! Perhaps between l 129 and a wormlined species like l 266 or l 333 … I heard about people in eastern europe "creating" new l-numbers .

felix

Hi, i don't know Heiko Bleher personally, but he is born in my hometown Frankfurt/Germany. I can't believe that he will do anything like biopiracy - he ist addicted to understand nature and especially fishes. These IBAMA officials uses H. Bleher to make an example: Foreign Scientist keep out of Bras...

Hi, well known scientist Heiko Bleher has been arrested in Manaus. Further details: http://www.ibama.gov.br/2008/08/pesquisador-alemao-e-preso-ao-tentar-embarcar-em-manaus-com-produto-da-fauna-brasileira-sem-licenca/ I really wonder, about the strategy behind this actions. Biopiracy is really someth...