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    Pyrrhulina sp. ?

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    a few pieces of this came into Biotope, still have a few more to be sapu-ed… looks to me more like a Pyrrhulina than Copella.


    Last edited by hwchoy; 20th Apr 2006 at 02:12.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hwchoy
    a few pieces of this came into Biotope, still have a few more to be sapu-ed… looks to me more like a Pyrrhulina than Copella.

    Benny mentioned to me once he had this fish. Can Benny comment?

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    Saw them last week, looks like Pyrrhulina alright.

    Is it me or something to do with my monitor or fish is still under stress? I thought I saw their fins were much redder than this while at Biotope.

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    not yet coloured up.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    isnt the difference only in dentition??

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    that's why "think" only.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    your right choy, it's pyrrhulina brevis, the only other fish close is rachowiana.
    nice fish when coloured up and can be a little aggressive to it's own kind.
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    thats a P. brevis??? the colouration when at the shop looks so different...

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    is brevis supposed to be pinky red like in the shop?
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    hi choy pull the pic out of photo-gallery as a comparison, that fish is 60mm SL,
    like i said the only other fish similar is rachowiana which ive also got but not took any pics as yet if you need one i'll gladly take a few shots of them.
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    I too thought this to be Pyrrhulina rachoviana at first but the pictures on the net don't quite match, so not convinced as yet.

    Came across this website that has some detailed descriptions of Pyrrhulina. Not sure if it's any good. Anyone knows German?

    Translation via Babelfish and Google but can't make sense of most parts.

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    actually quite similar to P. eleonora in having short eye stripe and no spots on the body. for good measure it would have to stay as Pyrrhulina sp. for now.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    the pix updated. first shows a male flaring, the second should be a female. the fish has red flush on the scales with the caudal and anal fins being hyaline red.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Photos are © Stefan Hetz on www.salmlernetz.de

    Doesn't look like meh??
    know its not this fish..but the colouration on the scales look so similar.. its also missing (or its not obvious) that dark stripe that goes across in so many of its genus.

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    not this fish.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Yah already say i know its not this fish.. but the red colour is almost similar..

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    choy i'd still put my money on it being a brevis, maybe a wild cf of this fish.
    the guy i got mine from imports from peru so all his stock are wild fish, have you compared it to the brevis in the gallery?.
    btw definitely not eleonora the have a long upper lobe on the caudal.
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    picture of male updated again, much better this one. As far as I can tell from Géry, it is best simply to say "a Pyrrhulina from the brevis-group".
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    i agree, but even so choy youve got a really nice fish especially when displaying to the female.
    mick

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    thanx mick it is a very nice fish, the photos don't do them justice actually, and I am unwilling to boost saturation artificially. probably the only other way is to photograph them under the sun. so confirm I have a pair?
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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