Polypterus Sp. Cotto?

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Very well said DR.B.

Believe Leaf intl Jp business is very retail oriented. Have u had a chance to see video of their actual store front? In terms of size and their other product offerings? Think your local mini-mart is same square footage. Let me know if u want me to post it on your thread if u haven't seen it.

Dr.B said:
Nice looking Dabola, but I don't quite think it's a cotto. The problem with the cotto is lack of information, I honestly thought we would've heard more about them and the locality by now, but they are still labeled as a Koliba hybrid. Another thing to think about is how similar they look. While there are somewhat noticeable differences they have the same lap/endli mix of patterns, bringing into question of maybe they're the same species which is why I would've thought there'd be more info out there. Also from what I know it's a lot harder to import from Japan than it is from Africa, because in Japan they are already at retail price so importing them would make them cost more than double what they go for in Japan (which is a fair amount).
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Vancouver_98683 said:
Very well said DR.B.

Believe Leaf intl Jp business is very retail oriented. Have u had a chance to see video of their actual store front? In terms of size and their other product offerings? Think your local mini-mart is same square footage. Let me know if u want me to post it on your thread if u haven't seen it.
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I wanna see the video
 
the sp. cotto and van's dabola look the same to me.... could this just be a marketing ploy ? slap a new label on an old product to renew interest or create interest
 
jaws7777 said:
the sp. cotto and van's dabola look the same to me.... could this just be a marketing ploy ? slap a new label on an old product to renew interest or create interest
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See this is where things get interesting. This very well could be the same species of fish, but without knowing for sure you can only describe the area where it came from. So technically all you can really do is slap a new label on it. This is also where things can get confusing. When people associate dabola with polypterus they tend to think of a specific fish. Take endlicheri for example. Dabola only describes the area where the fish is from and endlicheri is the actual name of a polypterus. So the fish that we associate with being sp. dabola could be the same fish that is shown as sp. cotto, but since we don't know yet all we can do is describe them by the area they are caught.
 
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Dr.B said:
See this is where things get interesting. This very well could be the same species of fish, but without knowing for sure you can only describe the area where it came from. So technically all you can really do is slap a new label on it. This is also where things can get confusing. When people associate dabola with polypterus they tend to think of a specific fish. Take endlicheri for example. Dabola only describes the area where the fish is from and endlicheri is the actual name of a polypterus. So the fish that we associate with being sp. dabola could be the same fish that is shown as sp. cotto, but since we don't know yet all we can do is describe them by the area they are caught.
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Agreed and cant beleive these fish arent being further described . To me i always think.... just because "x" fish was caught in "x" location doesnt mean it wasnt born in that location especially for the endlis
 
Interesting read. Honestly just looks like a really nice Dabola to me though.

I'll hold judgement for a couple years and see if this actually develops as a Sp.
 
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