View Full Version : which dat is this
scat66
04-29-2006, 5:28 PM
dats are pretty rare here in australia so i'm not sure which he is?
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fishnthings
04-29-2006, 5:37 PM
you wanna know which dat that is... thats my dat, now send it back
btw how big is my dat?
Looks like a widebar to me. If he's yours, I'd also say keep him away from that little clown loach underneith him.
That loach is trying to shoal with it.
def a wide bar a nice looking one too get the lil clown loach to a dif tank
you got me on this one.... I would lean towards indo tiger. but is the other side of the fish identical?
scat66
04-29-2006, 7:34 PM
yes both sides are identical, indo tiger does that make it pulcher or microlepis? he has been living with 5 clown loaches for 2 years doesn't touch them.
Both are listed under that name but I lean towards the wide-bar (pulcher) does the first bar (from nape down across the operculum) go across the ventral side of the fish? Pulchers do, microlepis usually do not.
The valid name is D. pulcher (Widebar).
I'm still not convinced though. Where's Jesse?!
guppy
04-29-2006, 10:23 PM
I just got the info on the black bar coloring crossing under the ventral side from fishbase and have no personal experience, fishbase does contain some errors so as Mil said, "Where's Jesse?"
fishnthings
04-29-2006, 10:25 PM
looks like a indo to me.. could be a widebar though
The valid name is D. pulcher (Widebar).
I'm still not convinced though. Where's Jesse?!
Ming, I agree with your initial assessment--looks like a very nice Indonesian datnoid (Datnioides microlepis) to me. The middle bar "blobs" forward like an Indo, whereas a true pulcher has a backward sweep to it. Also, although by no means dispositive, the three tail stripes tend to suggest Indo. Yeah, I know that the middle bar typically crosses the ventral surface on Indos and not on pulchers, but the other signs are saying Indo. That's my opinion. Either way, it's worth a bunch given the rarity of datnoids in Australia. :)
Sheesh, I'd sure hate to have to defend my opinion with the explanation, well, you see, sir, it had blobby bars. :(
fishnthings
04-30-2006, 2:39 AM
lol...
Steve_89
04-30-2006, 6:56 AM
Its an indo.
Where abouts are you in Australia?
Want to sell it?
rumblesushi
04-30-2006, 7:59 AM
I would say more indo than pulcher, pulchers usually have cleaner bars.
What's the scientific name of an indo dat?
Datnioides (Coius) microlepis
Datnioides (Coius) microlepis
The one I saw at LFS was yellow and black...
scat66
04-30-2006, 11:50 PM
yea it was sold as a microlepis
rayman45
04-30-2006, 11:54 PM
looks dope to me ....
vanimate
05-01-2006, 12:10 AM
Im with Ming and Jesse on this one :grinyes: