Sail fin Pleco 17"

[headbanger_jib]

 

[kno4te]

Like a maze on the skin pattern when its get this size! Nice!

 

[HungDang]

it is a pardalis not gibbi, the back of a gibbi is a lot higher than that.
nice monster nonetheless, remind me of my 20'' that I lost in a flood 10 years ago.

 

[headbanger_jib]

That's not a pardallis
Count the dorsal fin rays

I have the pardallis


Here's a pic of the fish in question, when it was smaller, may be 10-11"




I grew him out from 1.5"

 

[HungDang]

That's not a pardallis
Count the dorsal fin rays

I have the pardallis


Here's a pic of the fish in question, when it was smaller, may be 10-11"


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I grew him out from 1.5"

well, that is definitely a gibbi, I've never seen a gibbi's pattern change like that. But fin ray count have nothing to do with whether it is pardalis or gibbi since they are in the same genus and have the similar amount of dorsal fin rays

 

[headbanger_jib]

well, that is definitely a gibbi, I've never seen a gibbi's pattern change like that. But fin ray count have nothing to do with whether it is pardalis or gibbi since they are in the same genus and have the similar amount of dorsal fin rays

Actually pardallis has more number of fin rayson its dorsal than the gibbiceps

 

[HungDang]

Actually pardallis has more number of fin rayson its dorsal than the gibbiceps

really? by how many?

 

[headbanger_jib]

But I did have a talk about the identity of this fish

A friend who is quite knowledgeable about them did say that this could be a hybrid though

 

[HungDang]

But I did have a talk about the identity of this fish

A friend who is quite knowledgeable about them did say that this could be a hybrid though

btw, the fish in the vid seem to have 13 dorsal fin ray while the picture have 14.

 

[headbanger_jib]

btw, the fish in the vid seem to have 13 dorsal fin ray while the picture have 14.

Are you sure