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Posted: **Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:05 pm**

Got snappy sans flash today. The tuberculation on this fish is amazing.

Martin.

Posted: **Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:12 pm**

Great shots!! You know where they belong.

By the way, check your email.

Posted: **Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:46 pm**

I put them there before here!

Checking.....................

Martin.

Posted: **Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:47 pm**

Ok, back to work...

Posted: **Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:49 am**

Impressive looking fella!!

How large would you say he is?

Posted: **Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:19 am**

Very nice Martin

Posted: **Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:07 am**

Graeme Robson wrote:Impressive looking fella!!

How large would you say he is?

About 2" TL

Martin.

Posted: **Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:10 am**

Martin Thoene wrote:Got snappy sans flash today. The tuberculation on this fish is amazing.

Martin.

I know this is an old thread but I can't sleep so I'm wasting time reading old stuff..

What does Tuberculation mean?

Never heard that used except to describe tuberculosis

I know what a tubercule is but I can't find any on the fish...

Did you mean the spots? If so the english language needs to re-evaluate the wordy term for 'spotted-ness" to something like spotification or dottinism... no? Tuberculism is just too much to wrap ones mind around...

These are the things I contemplate at five in the morning...

Posted: **Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:52 am**

Not the spots, the tiny raised dots all over its head and nose. Most Gastromyzon have them and in Pseudogastromyzon they're enlarged around the nose in males to act as weapons.

Martin.

Posted: **Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:27 pm**

You are lucky to be able to photo them...mine never come to the front glass, so every single photo is bad.... Still, I believe this guy is a cousin of yours.

Posted: **Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:40 pm**

Looks similar Mike, but it's closer to Shari's unusual one. Does your's share any of the colour-changing abilities that she's reported?

Martin.

Posted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:05 am**

Martin Thoene wrote:Looks similar Mike, but it's closer to Shari's unusual one. Does your's share any of the colour-changing abilities that she's reported?

Martin.

Not as much, and specifically not this fellow. He is always grey.
Larger ones do, but nothing extraordinary.

I'll try but cannot promise decent pictures, they run away every time I approach the tank and lately avoid the front of the tank altogether. Cteno's, otoh, absolutely don't care.

Posted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:30 pm**

All right, this one is more or less decent. Two cteno's, two (alleged) stellatus. All peaceful. Had to trap them with the slimy stuff...

Posted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:10 pm**

Interesting...they have that bar accross the back like Martin's and Sharis which my two don't.

Posted: **Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:33 pm**

Got some pics Jim?

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