Guys I'm gonna take a shot in the dark here, but I think the generic mass bred Sp Senegalus are a different subspecies to those caught in Nigeria. I'm seriously wondering here, the physiological differences are too big to just pass up. I have spoken to the professor who works in genetics and he says such major physiological differences are a big indicator that they could be seperate, especially since wild caught sens are rare and I don't think many people know exactly where they came from which throws it off further.
The main thing throwing me off is the tail shape, it's quite different and every captive bred specimen has this pointed tail type as shown:
In April:
My wild caught fish on the other hand has a very rounded tail, it was slightly tattered as shown here
Now 6 months later looks like so:
I find this far too obvious to just leave be. This is the obvious part for me.
The professor is also skeptical about the captive bred head shape, I'm thinking that the original broodstock must have had shorter mouths. Especially with the shorter timespan these fish have been kept in the hobby and the long maturation times and a lack of scientific proof it's hard to say what it is exactly causing the short heads. This is something I still have doubts about, and is another blaringly obvious difference between the two.
What do you guys think? Could P. senegalus sp "Nigeria" be a thing?
Notes: I'm still trying to find the exact catch location of my poly, but I know it's from Nigeria. Also if we raise funds we could always have a genetic analysis done
The main thing throwing me off is the tail shape, it's quite different and every captive bred specimen has this pointed tail type as shown:
In April:
My wild caught fish on the other hand has a very rounded tail, it was slightly tattered as shown here
Now 6 months later looks like so:
I find this far too obvious to just leave be. This is the obvious part for me.
The professor is also skeptical about the captive bred head shape, I'm thinking that the original broodstock must have had shorter mouths. Especially with the shorter timespan these fish have been kept in the hobby and the long maturation times and a lack of scientific proof it's hard to say what it is exactly causing the short heads. This is something I still have doubts about, and is another blaringly obvious difference between the two.
What do you guys think? Could P. senegalus sp "Nigeria" be a thing?
Notes: I'm still trying to find the exact catch location of my poly, but I know it's from Nigeria. Also if we raise funds we could always have a genetic analysis done