I think I know what these are...
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whetfish;4153487; said:
Aaron, yep, in a 125 with just a smalll (7") chancho female. Yours are looking good - let me know if you need the spare female.
Casper2000;4156919; said:
Female - indicator is the white line on the dorsal.
Hey Folks, I have a question..
Mostly Cichlids describes 'sp. "Rio Atabapo",' to be distinct from lenticulata, but here we discuss it as a variant of lenticulata? I know that site has older information, but to me I agree that it should be a variant of the typical 'lent'. I have one of this variety, and I have a 'normal' lent... I think just the fact that these and lents are the only ones that get spotted faces should indicated a link?
Thanks!
Chris
Mostly Cichlids describes 'sp. "Rio Atabapo",' to be distinct from lenticulata, but here we discuss it as a variant of lenticulata? I know that site has older information, but to me I agree that it should be a variant of the typical 'lent'. I have one of this variety, and I have a 'normal' lent... I think just the fact that these and lents are the only ones that get spotted faces should indicated a link?
Thanks!
Chris
Funky_Fish14;4252917; said:
Interesting point. The one from that picture almost looks to be a different species all together though. There are several types of pikes that have some spangling on their faces as they mature.
True lents that keep the spots on their faces seem difficult to find. Generally we have been getting in a lot of these geographical variants that end up not having much spangling on the faces, which makes you wonder if they are lents or really a variant of strigata/lugubris. Can't really say for sure,
All I know is they are hella good looking and I love em!
Was kinda hoping you would reply, haha. Thanks.
Oh I guess that one doesn't have much spangling on the lower face as I thought (decided to zoom in on the pic). It has some near the upper region though. It has very similar spotting to Rio Atabapo lents though, which is what got me wondering. I guess you can move 50m in a river and find a totally different species anyways realistically, due to genetic divergence leading to speciation.
The ones with tons of facial spots into adult hood are SO uncommon. Im lucky enough to have one of these Rio Atabapo lents (on top of my 2 recently acquired normal lents). Here is my little (12") princess: (She moves so much, sorry for the crappy pics, shes always chasing someone, haha, as in my argentea here).
This is from a few hours after I had introduced her to the 230:
Peanut you should post pics of your Rio Atabapo lents!
Cheers,
Chris
Oh I guess that one doesn't have much spangling on the lower face as I thought (decided to zoom in on the pic). It has some near the upper region though. It has very similar spotting to Rio Atabapo lents though, which is what got me wondering. I guess you can move 50m in a river and find a totally different species anyways realistically, due to genetic divergence leading to speciation.
The ones with tons of facial spots into adult hood are SO uncommon. Im lucky enough to have one of these Rio Atabapo lents (on top of my 2 recently acquired normal lents). Here is my little (12") princess: (She moves so much, sorry for the crappy pics, shes always chasing someone, haha, as in my argentea here).
This is from a few hours after I had introduced her to the 230:
Peanut you should post pics of your Rio Atabapo lents!
Cheers,
Chris
BigPic;4279671; said:
No, since as juv. they have intense spotting compared to marms. They are definitely different species. LoL
I'm sorry to hear that. They are gorgeous fish, no doubt about that. Best of luck with them mate. I just got my two to pair up finally! WOOT!
