yes laps do typically have 13-14, but i have seen some with 15 (uncommon though). e.g. i have a Tinkisso Guinea lap with 15 if you include the last one that's connected to the tail. Pbb usually 16, but can have as little as 14 like some of the ones from chad. So when the number of finlets is in this overlapping range, you can't use the finlets alone, you have to look at other characteristics. 16 or more, then you're ok in almost all cases, but still it's best to look at all the characteristics and not just the finlets.Tendou Souji;4430362; said:
i learn my ID from looking at pics, i've always had a knack for doing that when it comes to bichirs
Anyway, i find both juvies/young and larger adults (and i don't mean just the full grown size adults) pretty easy to ID in most cases. The ones that are difficult imo are some of the medium size ones coming from chad/nigeria. Some of those look really questionable. And since both lap and Pbb can be found there, i can't always tell whether they do look like that or if there's been a mistake in ID, and the finlets is usually ~14, so that doesn't help.
Soemthing about the PBB that looks totally different from Laps.
