adonis info needed please?

[davo]

the link you gave is definately an adonis. however the pic you posted i believe is a big hystrix, ive got the same picture saved somewhere on the pc. big adonis look like

 

[davo]

you could be right you know more about Plecs than i do but take a look at this a let me know

http://www.ekkwill.com/adplecl155.html

here is the L155 of planetcatfish. i think the site you posted stotty just got it muddled. http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=217 it happens a lot with these two species

 

[stotty]

here is the L155 of planetcatfish. i think the site you posted stotty just got it muddled. http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=217 it happens a lot with these two species

Thats why i said i am no expert on plecs all these L make me

here is what i have

http://www.thejump.net/id/Black-Adonis-Pleco.htm

and

http://www.aquascapeonline.com/store/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=220

and

http://www.ekkwill.com/wildplecos.html

and

http://www.piranha-fury.com/pfury/index.php?showtopic=73166



but i have seen loads of plecs marked up as "Adonis" I have 2 friends in the trade 1 is the shop owner the other is a manger I see these plecos come in all the time and I have see so many different budged up Adonis it all gets a bit I see it all the time with my fave snakeheads there are so many common names its getting silly.

 

[WyldFya]

Because the adonis lacks an L#, many people feel that it just should fall under the L155 #. It was identified before it was issued an L#, so it never received one. A few shops I know of have recieved them in and just tack on the L155 to help it sell better.

 

[stotty]

Because the adonis lacks an L#, many people feel that it just should fall under the L155 #. It was identified before it was issued an L#, so it never received one. A few shops I know of have recieved them in and just tack on the L155 to help it sell better.

what chance ave you got i have seen plenty of black plecs marked up as Adonis and i know they are not but i know that L155 has been sold and imported as Adonis plecs can be a tough one.

 

[davo]

and when they reach adult size, a lot loosed their spots too, so...
with those websites, i can see why anyone would be confused. the first one is good, because it is calling one fish two different fish

 

[davo]

ah no i see what that first link has done now. it has called it a black adonis. basically when they are young that is the easiest way to tell them apart. adonis has spots, the other one hasnt. they have called it a black adonis as a common name, and the scientific name the proper one for the fish

 

[stotty]

ah no i see what that first link has done now. it has called it a black adonis. basically when they are young that is the easiest way to tell them apart. adonis has spots, the other one hasnt. they have called it a black adonis as a common name, and the scientific name the proper one for the fish

Exactly for example Channa marulius I have seen marked up as bullseye snakehead; giant snakehead; great snakehead; cobra snakehead; Indian snakehead take you pick that’s why common names can be misleading.

 

[WyldFya]

I've said it once, I'll say it again. COMMON NAMES SUCK!

There has also been the histrix that has been mislabeled as pseudacanthicus histrix.

 

[davo]

yea, that was the first attempt wasnt it? even scientific names can suck when it comes to plecos