Pls help ID this guy

[wintervixen]

I know he's a Gymnotus but which species?

 

[aranos]

How long is it? It looks pretty young still, so it's hard to tell just by the pattern. If you could get a close profile shot of the head, it would make it easier. Otherwise take your pic:

Gymnotus anguillaris Hoedeman, 1962.
Gymnotus arapaima Albert & Crampton, 2001.
Gymnotus ardilai Maldonado-Ocampo & Albert, 2004.
Gymnotus bahianus Campos-da-Paz & Costa, 1996.
Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758.
Gymnotus cataniapo Mago-Leccia, 1994.
Gymnotus choco Albert, Crampton & Maldonado, 2003.
Gymnotus coatesi La Monte, 1935.
Gymnotus coropinae Hoedeman, 1962.
Gymnotus curupira Crampton, Thorsen & Albert, 2005.
Gymnotus cylindricus La Monte, 1935.
Gymnotus diamantinensis Campos-da-Paz, 2002.
Gymnotus esmeraldas Albert & Crampton, 2003.
Gymnotus henni Albert, Crampton & Maldonado, 2003.
Gymnotus inaequilabiatus (Valenciennes, 1842).
Gymnotus javari Albert, Crampton & Hagedorn, 2003.
Gymnotus jonasi Albert & Crampton, 2001.
Gymnotus maculosus Albert & Miller, 1995.
Gymnotus mamiraua Albert & Crampton, 2001.
Gymnotus melanopleura Albert & Crampton, 2001.
Gymnotus obscurus Crampton, Thorsen & Albert, 2005.
Gymnotus onca Albert & Crampton, 2001.
Gymnotus panamensis Albert & Crampton, 2003.
Gymnotus pantanal Fernandes Crampton & Almeida-Toledo, 2005.
Gymnotus pantherinus (Steindachner, 1908).
Gymnotus paraguensis Albert & Crampton, 2003.
Gymnotus pedanopterus Mago-Leccia, 1994.
Gymnotus stenoleucus Mago-Leccia, 1994.
Gymnotus sylvius Albert & Fernandes-Matioli, 1999.
Gymnotus tigre Albert & Crampton, 2003.
Gymnotus ucamara Crampton, Lovejoy & Albert, 2003.
Gymnotus varzea Crampton, Thorsen & Albert, 2005.

 

[aranos]

if all else fails you could email Will Crampton at the University of Florida who specializes in gymnotiforms among other things:

willc@flmnh.ufl.edu

 

[wintervixen]

How long is it? It looks pretty young still, so it's hard to tell just by the pattern. If you could get a close profile shot of the head, it would make it easier. Otherwise take your pic:

Good grief! There's that many Gymnoptus spp.???

It's still young, swimming at 5" long. I'm not sure still. Maybe I'll get in touch with Will as you suggested. Brilliant idea

 

[Red Devil]

beautiful looking knife and great picture of it too..good luck getting info.. let us know please!

 

[wintervixen]

beautiful looking knife and great picture of it too..good luck getting info.. let us know please!

Sure! Will be glad to share the info!

 

[wintervixen]

if all else fails you could email Will Crampton at the University of Florida who specializes in gymnotiforms among other things:

willc@flmnh.ufl.edu

Aranos, I received a delivery failure notification when I tried to email Will. Is his email address correct?

 

[Red Devil]

Aranos, I received a delivery failure notification when I tried to email Will. Is his email address correct?

so did i ... i got no where e-mailing there.

 

[Red Devil]

Sure! Will be glad to share the info!

what has he been eating ? and Hows he doing?

 

[wintervixen]

I started feeding him frozen bloodworms. He seem to be eating well. Curious little bugger too which came up to the surface when I swirled some BW in the water.

(LFS fed him live tubifex *yucks!*)