Which species?

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Which Species in the Marble x RTC

  • Leiarius pictus

    Votes: 8 32.0%

  • Leiarius longibarbis

    Votes: 13 52.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 4 16.0%
  • Total voters
    25
necrocanis

necrocanis

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Just wondering which species you guys think is most likely to be the one in the Marble x RTC hybrids like the one I have. I am posting pics of all species listed and one of my hybrid for comparison. I did not include the species Perrunicthys perruno, for the simple fact that it's so rare in the hobby and I have yet to see any confirmed pictures of one besides in some old books I have. The choices will be.

Leiarius pictus

Leiarius longibarbis

and Other (just for you guys who like to argue)

Note: This is just for fun I doubt that a real decision will be made, but lets all play nice anyway. If you are going to argue other at least tell us why!:naughty:

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I think you need to post a pic of an adult pictus for a more fair comparison (for those who don't know what they look like), but my vote goes to L. longibarbus.
 
my guess is L Longibarbus. They seem to be more common than the pictus.
 
johnptc;1329897; said:
great question :confused:

the top pic is a very juvinile Leiarius pictus

and a perruno
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Those are all juvenile fish. I'll try to get a better pic of a pictus, but The only way to confirm a true perruno is dorsal fin ray count. If it's less than 11 you're golden. That pic is way too small for that though. I have seen numerous pics of supposed perrunos that all turn out to be L. longibarbis. Planet catfish even took down their perruno pics after I pointed it out, but they never sent me a response saying anything about it. They just all of a sudden didn't have pics there anymore and some of the pics found their way to L. longibarbis. I'll try searching for some confirmed pics though. That one does look a bit different than L. longibarbis.
 
necrocanis;1329921; said:
Those are all juvenile fish. I'll try to get a better pic of a pictus, but The only way to confirm a true perruno is dorsal fin ray count. If it's less than 11 you're golden. That pic is way too small for that though. I have seen numerous pics of supposed perrunos that all turn out to be L. longibarbis. Planet catfish even took down their perruno pics after I pointed it out, but they never sent me a response saying anything about it. They just all of a sudden didn't have pics there anymore and some of the pics found their way to L. longibarbis. I'll try searching for some confirmed pics though. That one does look a bit different than L. longibarbis.
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thanks didnt know that :)

is this 11 or 12 that last one the left 1 or 2 ? :confused::confused:

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Zoomed in on that pic and appears the dorsal ray count is 12 or 13 for soft rays, very typical of L. longibarbis. P. perruno typically have 8-10 soft rays.
 
necrocanis;1329931; said:
Zoomed in on that pic and appears the dorsal ray count is 12 or 13 for soft rays, very typical of L. longibarbis. P. perruno typically have 8-10 soft rays.
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:):):):):):) thankx
 
Since we are posting adults now too, here's an adult L. longibarbis

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