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Post by avant » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:37 am

Very interesting tubercles.

Bagrus dude, any idea if they are available for sale in Singapore?
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Post by Emma Turner » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:40 pm

Great pics, HH. 8) My shipment will be here within the next hour or so, fingers crossed all arrive safely!

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Post by Mad Duff » Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:50 pm

Lovely looking fish, I bet those tubercles could do some real damage :shock:
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Post by Emma Turner » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:22 pm

My shipment arrived in good order, each fish individually bagged. Pics of mine will follow in a few days, once they've settled in.

Also got a new batch of Homaloptera confuzona in.

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Post by Emma Turner » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:24 pm

HH, any idea why Patrick has assigned these fish the common name of 'Sumatran Scooter Loach' if they were actually caught in a different location (Thailand)? I know common names are not to be taken as gospel, but it just seems a strange thing to do if they are not from Sumatra.....why not just call them 'Scooter Loach' in that case?

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Post by Bagrus dude » Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:23 am

The.Dark.One wrote:Is this species being described Bagrus?
AFAIK, Tyson Roberts is supposed to be describing this species.
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Post by Bagrus dude » Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:26 am

avant wrote:Very interesting tubercles.

Bagrus dude, any idea if they are available for sale in Singapore?
I am not sure if they will make it to the retail stores (I have seen other fishes at the importer that sometimes make it to the retail outlets).
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Post by Bagrus dude » Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:29 am

Emma Turner wrote:HH, any idea why Patrick has assigned these fish the common name of 'Sumatran Scooter Loach' if they were actually caught in a different location (Thailand)? I know common names are not to be taken as gospel, but it just seems a strange thing to do if they are not from Sumatra.....why not just call them 'Scooter Loach' in that case?

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I am not aware of the real reason behind it, but it might be probably because Barbucca also occurs in Sumatra and until very recently, this species was thought to be the same as the Sumatran species.
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Post by avant » Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:52 am

Bagrus dude wrote:
avant wrote:Very interesting tubercles.

Bagrus dude, any idea if they are available for sale in Singapore?
I am not sure if they will make it to the retail stores (I have seen other fishes at the importer that sometimes make it to the retail outlets).
Thanks for the information. Do let me know if you chanced upon any at the retail stores :)
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Post by piggy4 » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:14 pm

Wow beautys ! not Diabolicca then, good pics Dude, when i had Diabolicca i dont remember seeing any caudal tubercals, are they just perculiar to the Thai sp/ ?
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Post by The.Dark.One » Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:50 pm

Bagrus dude wrote:
The.Dark.One wrote:Is this species being described Bagrus?
AFAIK, Tyson Roberts is supposed to be describing this species.
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Post by Graeme Robson » Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:58 am

Smashing!! 8)
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