Parotocinclus sp?
Parotocinclus sp?
Hi,
I had a doubt on one of my fish...
I bought this one together with others Parotocinclus in my LFS, but this one turned to a brownish coloration, and its really different...
See the picture:
Is it common? I never have seen it again...
Thanks for your help.
Reguards,
I had a doubt on one of my fish...
I bought this one together with others Parotocinclus in my LFS, but this one turned to a brownish coloration, and its really different...
See the picture:
Is it common? I never have seen it again...
Thanks for your help.
Reguards,
Heidge Fukumasu
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Here is a picture of Pseudotothyris janeirensis.
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Hi,
Thanks for your answers. Where can I find pictures of Otocinclus rio Negro, or rio Paraguay???
What is strange is that these two rivers are miles and miles away from each other...Strange...
Why can't it be a Paratocinclus? There's a key for their identification?
Reguards,
Thanks for your answers. Where can I find pictures of Otocinclus rio Negro, or rio Paraguay???
What is strange is that these two rivers are miles and miles away from each other...Strange...
Why can't it be a Paratocinclus? There's a key for their identification?
Reguards,
Heidge Fukumasu
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Yann,
The fish commonly listed as Otocinclus sp."Niger" or "Paraguay" is a Hisonotus spp. formerly Microlepidogaster spp.
The fish in the photo doesn't look like a Pseudotothyris spp. in that the dermal scutes are very smooth and uniform, more similar to Otocinclus and Hisonotus. Most of the photos of type specimens I have seen (note "photo of" and not actual specimens) of Pseudotothyris have distinct ridges on the dermal scutes. I have a few slides of Hisonotus spp. (Oto. sp "Niger") that I can scan in.
Sincerely,
Paul E. Turley
The fish commonly listed as Otocinclus sp."Niger" or "Paraguay" is a Hisonotus spp. formerly Microlepidogaster spp.
The fish in the photo doesn't look like a Pseudotothyris spp. in that the dermal scutes are very smooth and uniform, more similar to Otocinclus and Hisonotus. Most of the photos of type specimens I have seen (note "photo of" and not actual specimens) of Pseudotothyris have distinct ridges on the dermal scutes. I have a few slides of Hisonotus spp. (Oto. sp "Niger") that I can scan in.
Sincerely,
Paul E. Turley
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<I>Parotocinclus</I> has an adipose fin.Heidge wrote:Why can't it be a Paratocinclus?
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