New polypterus, need help with ID.

[ewurm]

Thanks Uwe! Anyone care to concur? I'm not really disappointed, I don't have this species yet. If it is, I now have A Palmas Palmas, a Palmas Buetikofferi, and a Palmas Polli.

 

[is300zx]

it's a polli.

 

[ewurm]

Would I get better color and contrast going with black sand?

 

[Onion01]

yes wurm, dark substrate brings out the color in bichirs, and look MUCH MUCH better

 

[ewurm]

I think I'll take the advice of the leading MFK vegetable and get some dark substrate.

 

[pwmin]

very nice. not even a lower jaw...no idea why it was labeled as congicus

 

[beblondie]

I'm gonna need to know when the taxonomy was changed and a location for the source-Anne

As far as I know the palmas complex include
Polypterus palmas palmas
and 2 subspecies
1) Polypterus palmas polli
2) Polypterus palmas buettikoferi

 

[ewurm]

very nice. not even a lower jaw...no idea why it was labeled as congicus

We label them what the distributor labels them.

 

[Onion01]

I think I'll take the advice of the leading MFK vegetable and get some dark substrate.

varanio also gave me good advice. If you have light substrate and scatter around a few dark ones, it has a similar, although not as dramatic, effect as having dark substrate

 

[pwmin]

We label them what the distributor labels them.

not saying it was your fault, it was the distributor's (as usual, esp. in LFS)