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Miles
01-05-2006, 12:30 PM
No idea what this species of Leporinus is? It comes from a new river basin we are fishing out of..
I would of posted it elsewhere, but I couldn't find a section..
Any help?
Miles
01-05-2006, 12:36 PM
Could it be?
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PGERO/Anostomi.htm
Leporinus grantii ??
Daniel Machado
01-05-2006, 7:22 PM
Not a Leporinus. Their mouth tells they're an Anostomus species, probably Anostomus (Pseudanos) trimaculatus or Anostomoides laticeps.
Best regards.
Daniel.
Hiya Daniel, justas a point in passing, I often see the term Leporinus to refer to any of the anostomidae, I just think it is a hold over from when that genus was the only one being imported to the USA.
As regards to the fish that Miles has posted, it is definitely not the L. grantii as that one is more mottled, has a more forward poiting mouth, and found in Fr. Guiana, not Peru. (I think that Miles gets his fish from the Peruvian side of the Border.)
One of your choices is almost certainly correct.
Here is a pic from Dr. Pez of the Pseudanos trimaculatus (an adult) caught somewhere in Peru.
The second pic is the IBAMA pic from fishbase of a Anastomoides laticeps, it gets to a bit more than 8" long and has less distinct markings.
Of the two I believe that it is the P. trimaculatus due to the faint vertical markings on its back, I believe that it is also more widespread in Peru than the laticeps.
Unfortunately I cannot find a picture of living laticeps.
Miles
01-07-2006, 10:20 AM
Awesome Guppy! Thanks for the info!!
Couldn't find a pic of it anywhere!
Damn those are soom cool head-standers.. I wonder if people will be interested when they arrive? Obviously they are somewhat rare if it's hard to find referances and information on them, yah? Miguel said they came from a special river that is usually not farmed.
Daniel Machado
01-10-2006, 8:41 PM
Guppy,
Sorry for the misunderstanding... As a biologist, I'm accostumed to use the Genera, not just the common name, and when both are the same things can get messy... ;)
BTW, my "prime vote" was for trimaculatus. :grinyes:
Miles,
The only "problem" with the haedstanders is their SERIOUS fin-nipping nature. This is particularly true for the Anostomus and Rhytiodus species. Oh, almost forgot... Some species LOVE to eat the eyeballs of their tankmates, and not necessarily of the DEAD ones. :eek:
Best regards.
Daniel.
repair
01-10-2006, 10:20 PM
Miles,
The only "problem" with the haedstanders is their SERIOUS fin-nipping nature. This is particularly true for the Anostomus and Rhytiodus species. Oh, almost forgot... Some species LOVE to eat the eyeballs of their tankmates, and not necessarily of the DEAD ones. :eek:
Best regards.
Daniel.
This is one of the reasons I really like headstanders - they can live with cichlids and they don't seem to know that they aren't a cichlid. :clap