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QUOTE (Matt @ Mar 8 2010, 04:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks Mick, don’t suppose you’ve got a pic or two (you knew it was coming

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I waiting for my first leveretti myself. there is one fact against the presence in the trade: the importers knwow only one species, not larger than 7 cm. and it’s always the same species. in germany and switzerland it’s the most common in the LFS’s . so I’ve seen hundreds. sometimes I get even phones after incoming of shippments with ill looking specimen. that’s the only moment when a confusion is comprehensible: they all look pale and the spots are not distinct.
the one pic shown which could show a different species: more flattened, (up to 12 cm) large and with finer spots. but: real news would be an identified specimen of leveretti. chinese scinetific listings of species in different regions even remark sometimes “doubtful”
kweichowensis has – in good mood – clear and well defined, large spots which can form a “net”, others show single dark spots. there are specimen with a brown, green or red-brown solour, may be due to regional differences. but as the collectors keep the places secret – there is no way to know more. yous see: facts are rare.
AMAZONAS-magazine of mai/june is about “Flossensauger”=bodysuckers, from beaufortia to sinogastromyzon and there should be some pictures (Zhou and others).
cheers Charles

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]hi Matt
that’s the only b leveretti pic I know. fine spotting. all others are kweichowensis. do you want some? actually I’m keeping about 20 specimen with different coulours.
may be Zhou hang has some? we’ll see
cheers Charles

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thanks for posting Colin
as former member of the IGL and responsible for a regional group in the days of foundation I appreciate this kind of progress
cheers charles

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Artbeschreibungswut – species description something? wut=rage, fury. here: the uncortrolled description torrent by some scientists. the rage of producing descriptions, out of control
Hinunterzuschwimmen – to swim out of? means to swim down a stream
Laichwanderschaft – breeding migration? yes
Sekundärbewuchs – secondary forest? bewuchs=all that grows on a substrat. here: the original forest is destroyed and replaced by other plants not original to the place
Blättergleichen – no idea. means: similar to leaves. here: looking like leaves
cheers charles

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go ahead Matt

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I know Matt. infos directly by the author?
“körperbinde” means “body stripe”

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hi Matt
do you need infos too? have some from the german countries, specially about catching and breeding in home countries
cheers charles

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that’s great Thomas
he isn’t going to show off Andy
so have a look at Thomas’ site

http://sandkauer.de/index.html

in german of course but worth a visit just for the pictures
cheers charles

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yes even if the picture is not very good. homaloptera leonardi is similar. I tried to figure out the pattern. in any case sinohomalpotera kw is not the right one. the second is an unknown out of many. remarkable for yours Thomas is the absence of markings in the fins. the body pattern could come more clear when in a better shape.

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hi Andy
right the pictures Thomas was talking about.
for yours: that’s a good question. all in all it seems to me quite different.
about the markings of the tail fin. I know it’s just trying

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hi Andy
three I think. they hide in the depth of the tank in the lowest range near the bottom.

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thanks Matt
yes Andy I agree. “my” annandalei are much more likely annandalei and correspond with the pictures on petfrd.com. but your’s would be a different species.
just one more question: your specimen had the same colour? two populations of the same species …?
for the markings another picture

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hi andy
I don’t know that book – yet. I’ll try to figure out.
mine are small, about 3.5-4 cm, but I have no idea if they could change that much. do you have pictures of yours? and infos of course?

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attachment=2370:lepidoce…DSC_0440.jpg
]i Matt
they all came in the same shippment, but this is only one argument as they mix all that looks like. the name “peacock” is well done but I’m shure they hadn’t the slightest idea about the right species. on the other hand they were able to give the right indication of lepidocephalichthys. strange. with acanthocobitis: I tend to botia, seems closer to the adult markings. we’ll see.

whenever I cross that book …
the markings: looks coherent. I tried a better picture and worked on it

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I waiting for my first leveretti myself. there is one fact against the presence in the trade: the importers knwow only one species, not larger than 7 cm. and it’s always the same species. in germany and switzerland it’s the most common in the LFS’s . so I’ve seen hundreds. sometimes I get even phones after incoming of shippments with ill looking specimen. that’s the only moment when a confusion is comprehensible: they all look pale and the spots are not distinct.
the one pic shown which could show a different species: more flattened, (up to 12 cm) large and with finer spots. but: real news would be an identified specimen of leveretti. chinese scinetific listings of species in different regions even remark sometimes “doubtful”
kweichowensis has – in good mood – clear and well defined, large spots which can form a “net”, others show single dark spots. there are specimen with a brown, green or red-brown solour, may be due to regional differences. but as the collectors keep the places secret – there is no way to know more. yous see: facts are rare.
AMAZONAS-magazine of mai/june is about “Flossensauger”=bodysuckers, from beaufortia to sinogastromyzon and there should be some pictures (Zhou and others).
cheers Charles

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]hi Matt
that’s the only b leveretti pic I know. fine spotting. all others are kweichowensis. do you want some? actually I’m keeping about 20 specimen with different coulours.
may be Zhou hang has some? we’ll see
cheers Charles

Attached files

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thanks for posting Colin
as former member of the IGL and responsible for a regional group in the days of foundation I appreciate this kind of progress
cheers charles

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Artbeschreibungswut – species description something? wut=rage, fury. here: the uncortrolled description torrent by some scientists. the rage of producing descriptions, out of control
Hinunterzuschwimmen – to swim out of? means to swim down a stream
Laichwanderschaft – breeding migration? yes
Sekundärbewuchs – secondary forest? bewuchs=all that grows on a substrat. here: the original forest is destroyed and replaced by other plants not original to the place
Blättergleichen – no idea. means: similar to leaves. here: looking like leaves
cheers charles

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go ahead Matt

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I know Matt. infos directly by the author?
“körperbinde” means “body stripe”

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hi Matt
do you need infos too? have some from the german countries, specially about catching and breeding in home countries
cheers charles

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that’s great Thomas
he isn’t going to show off Andy
so have a look at Thomas’ site

http://sandkauer.de/index.html

in german of course but worth a visit just for the pictures
cheers charles

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yes even if the picture is not very good. homaloptera leonardi is similar. I tried to figure out the pattern. in any case sinohomalpotera kw is not the right one. the second is an unknown out of many. remarkable for yours Thomas is the absence of markings in the fins. the body pattern could come more clear when in a better shape.

Attached files

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hi Andy
right the pictures Thomas was talking about.
for yours: that’s a good question. all in all it seems to me quite different.
about the markings of the tail fin. I know it’s just trying

Attached files

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hi Andy
three I think. they hide in the depth of the tank in the lowest range near the bottom.

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thanks Matt
yes Andy I agree. “my” annandalei are much more likely annandalei and correspond with the pictures on petfrd.com. but your’s would be a different species.
just one more question: your specimen had the same colour? two populations of the same species …?
for the markings another picture

Attached files

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hi andy
I don’t know that book – yet. I’ll try to figure out.
mine are small, about 3.5-4 cm, but I have no idea if they could change that much. do you have pictures of yours? and infos of course?

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attachment=2370:lepidoce…DSC_0440.jpg
]i Matt
they all came in the same shippment, but this is only one argument as they mix all that looks like. the name “peacock” is well done but I’m shure they hadn’t the slightest idea about the right species. on the other hand they were able to give the right indication of lepidocephalichthys. strange. with acanthocobitis: I tend to botia, seems closer to the adult markings. we’ll see.

whenever I cross that book …
the markings: looks coherent. I tried a better picture and worked on it

Attached files

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