Kelberi Progression Pics

[Scatocephalus]

Seems that nobody is sure what a baby kelberi looks like... well, here you go...

You can see that at a very young age they already had spots in their dorsal. The ventrals started to spot up about 6 months later followed shortly by the anal.

9/05, 2" fish

12/05

1/06

2/06

Not sure on date...

I haven't taken any new pics for about 6 months. I need to get some updates...

In any case, even at a very young age the kelberi were different than the monos I've had.

 

[haynchinook334]

VARY NICE!!!!!!!

 

[islander671]

Great shots and progression, and thanks for pointing those differences out.
To an untrained eye (including my own) it may still hard tell the difference with out maybe having them next to each other at very small sizes. Any other tips on what to look for when determining Kelberi from Monoculus?

 

[Fly River]

They look awesome

 

[CichlaRyan]

dude u rock thanks u helped out alot.

 

[Scatocephalus]

Great shots and progression, and thanks for pointing those differences out.
To an untrained eye (including my own) it may still hard tell the difference with out maybe having them next to each other at very small sizes. Any other tips on what to look for when determining Kelberi from Monoculus?

Even at a young age the kelberi had a snakeskin like pattern along their back which as they got older became more and more pronounced.

 

[Rebel Souljah]

Nice!!! now these are great progression photos!!! thanks for sharing!!!

 

[milokai]

thanks for sharing I going to need this tomorrow.

 

[mjuniorc]

HOTTTTTTT,,,, DAYYYYYAAAAAAMMMMMM....... love your collection

 

[R1_Ridah]

Very nice progression pix's....