Gastromyzon sp. (more pics added 30th Aug)

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Gastromyzon sp. (more pics added 30th Aug)

Post by Emma Turner » Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:15 am

First off, apologies for the poor quality pics, I will try to get some better ones!

This little beauty came in with a batch of 'Borneo Suckers' and it is one I have not seen before. The pics do not do it justice, the caudal and dorsal are a really intense bright yellow colour and the dorsal has a bit of bright orange in it too. It's about 2" TL.

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and this shot is particularly crap, but I wanted to include it as it shows the fins spread wide so you can see some of the colour and pattern:

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Any ideas on ID? More pics to follow sometime this week.

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Post by mickthefish » Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:19 am

that fish has a touch of class, beauty.

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Post by plaalye » Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:30 am

Stunning fish! I love gastromyzons and that could be my new favorite!! You always make me jealous Emma, wish I had a shop like yours in my area!!
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Post by Mike Ophir » Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:41 am

Great looking fish, although no idea as to what it could be...

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Post by Doc » Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:57 am

Wow, these are just gorgeous. I could do with moving to Peterborough.
Having looked at some images I can't decide what species they are,
initially I thought something like G.ornaticauda but I'll keep checking.
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Post by janma » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:26 am

Very nice :shock:
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Post by piggy4 » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:27 am

Wow :shock: I wonder if this fish is in the book that Graeme got :?:
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Post by Graeme Robson » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:48 am

Looks very similar to my contaminant Gastromyzon i found a year or so ago. Mine hasn't the same colour intensity as yours Emma but to the naked eye you can see a tinge of yellow on them.

I thought mine was a Gastromyzon lepidogaster with a more formal stripe pattern going on, but i'm not sure. Here's my chap, he's about 2.5 inches.

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Post by Emma Turner » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:02 pm

Thanks for the nice comments (despite my crap pictures) everyone! :D

Graeme, I think it does look quite similar, but the majority of the shipment mine came in with were G. ctenocephalus, which I think is found much further west than G. lepidogaster. :?: Did your specimen ever display a brighter colouration on the fins when it was smaller, or was it already quite big when you bought it?

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Post by CatsandFish » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:35 pm

Beautiful fish, stunning fin coloration.
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Post by Emma Turner » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:42 pm

A couple more (bad) pics I meant to include earlier:

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Post by Graeme Robson » Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:17 pm

Hi Emma, my chap has always been that size from the day i purchased him. I wonder if yours are showing the juvenile colourations? Yeah mine was also in with a batch of G. ctenocephalus's.

Or maybe mine is female and yours is a male :idea:

Lovely pictures btw. :D
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Post by Ashleigh » Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:17 pm

Beautiful 8)


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Post by Jim Powers » Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:06 pm

:shock: What a beauty!!!
You better take that one home, Emma.
I haven't a clue what it might be. Maybe you should post this over at petfrd.com.
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Post by mickthefish » Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:07 am

Emma, have you summoned TDO over this fish, as he's probably got a description in one of his many books.

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