Native otos - someone knows the sp.; brazilian otos

[bronzefry]

No problems. Been away a few days myself. Very interesting thread!
Amanda

[Max Wagner]

Mike and The.Dark.One

Mike and Dark

My congratulations you hit it "on the fly "..... I received a reply from the master Heraldo Britzki who confirmed that the same genus of fish is almost certain to Hisonotus.

Now I await the answer about the possibility of sending to identify species, because he said there are many details to be evaluated

Thanks,
Max Wagner

[Jools]

Hi Max,

I am not sure I understand, Dr. Britski thinks both fish are

Hisonotus

? I agreed with Mike's view that the 1st species looked a lot like Otothyropsis marapoama. In fact, I was going to ask if I could have pictures to add to the site under this designation.

For ease of further discussion, here are Max's pics again:

Species 1 is
Species 2 is (thanks Dave)

Jools

[Mike_Noren]

I still suspect the images of species 1 show two species, one of which...

...might be Otothyropsis marapoama, while the other...

...is IMO a Hisonotus similar to H. francirochai.