Sewellia albisuera???

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Sewellia albisuera???

Post by farid » Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:36 pm

....hi there
please anyone tell me that this is a Sewellia albisuera
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the orange reflection is just slightly visible...
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i got ten of them today and as far i can see they also have these orange reflections behind the head ...on top and in the beginning of the tail!!

they are not lineolatas for sure as i've never seen any of these reflections ..like the spotted also have !!

thanks for more infos
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Post by Mad Duff » Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:58 pm

From the images that I have seen of S. albisuera it has more lines around the pectoral and pelvic fins, your fish only have the 3 lines which to me indicates S. lineolata :?
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Post by farid » Sat Sep 05, 2009 8:29 pm

hi yes this iritates me a bit about these lines... but the orange reflection wich is not visible on these pics ...must be the difference...

what also iritates me is the main colour of the fish...it is more greyish than golden like the lineoatas usually are...

i will see soon as they are well acclimatized :)

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Post by plaalye » Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:34 pm

They look like lineolata to me too, but i've never seen any orange on them? Maybe Charles will have something to say?
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Post by Mad Duff » Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:23 am

I have seen the orange albeit faint but I have seen it on my lineolata, I think a lot of the time it depends how the light catches them.
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Post by ch.koenig » Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:25 pm

hi
I've seen them today. are very shy, still a little greyish. the completely golden eye-border is different to other lineolata-specimen which have gold-darkbrown/black combinations.

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I would say farid's have lovelier eyes!

the other golden spots ...
remembered some pictures taken of s. elongata when ariving. a black V with golden spot. gone by now as they are feeling at ease ...

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for a slide show I once tried to show the effect of the structural golden colour in lineolata by taking a picture in the dark: the golden structural colour is still visible (one issue out of that: what's that in aid of? cloudy water during big rainy season and communication between specimen?). it's still easy to see: that's a dominant male with large blotches. and it has this golden spot on the head!

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of course I would like to see albisurea at first hand ...
cheers charles
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