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    Sighting request: L183 Starlight Bristlenose Catfish

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    Anyone seen L183 Starlight Bristlenose Catfish recently?

    http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog...species_id=221



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    Quote Originally Posted by RHX View Post
    Anyone seen L183 Starlight Bristlenose Catfish recently?

    http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog...species_id=221
    Seen it last saturday at AquaStar Yishun. Did not take not of the price as I am not a Pleco-guy...

    Hopes it helps!

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    Thanks, will drop by this to check it out.



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    Can anyone confirm this? I am also looking
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    Well, don't quite remember but I thought I saw something labelled as Ancistrus dolichopterus in Biotope. I will try to confirm if I visit again, or perhaps others can help to confirm.

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    Quixotic, you are right. Biotope does have some Ancistrus dolichopterus and they are quite cheap too.

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    Is Ancistrus dolichopterus Starlight bristlenose? I've googled it & found that common bristlenose is also labeled as Ancistrus dolichopterus + I don't remember Starlight bristlenose sold at a cheap price (unless you consider 30~40 dollars cheap).



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    Quote Originally Posted by RHX View Post
    Anyone seen L183 Starlight Bristlenose Catfish recently?

    http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog...species_id=221
    Uhm, the link IS Ancistrus dolichopterus, isn't it?

    In any case, the common name Starlight Bristlenose applies to several species. A quick check on Planet Catfish mentions 2 (L182 and L183), http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog...s.php?letter=s, although I suspect the one called Starry Night could also be mistaken as a starlight. Furthermore, a lot of Ancistrus spp. look the same, so one could be mistaken as another.

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    i have not seen biotope carry L183 before.. the last time i saw an ancistrus there(few mths ago), it was labeled under ancistrus dolichopterus but one look and i was sure that was an ancistrus sp3. black form juvenile. so someone should really confirm this.

    and calvin, i saw L180 at polyart yesterday. it has been there for awhile.
    ONLY Blue Zebras.

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    I didn't spend time confirming this, which is why I used the following precise word (in bold)...
    Quote Originally Posted by Quixotic View Post
    ... something labelled as Ancistrus dolichopterus ...
    A. dolichopterus has a history of being misindentified, partly due to incorrect descriptions in literature, dating back to possibly 1932. It was initially described as "Body dark blue with white dots with the dorsal and caudal fins dark blue, with white borders".

    Along the way, one of the literature described the fish as "Body is brown to green brown, upper parts darker, lower side lighter". The body is also noted to have dark spots. This may have contributed, and added to the confusion.

    The trade and some aquarium literature also wrongly refers L183 as A. hoplogenys, even the Baensch Atlas has been said to have mixed up between the two.

    http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/v...highlight=l183
    http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/an...ichopterus.htm

    As mentioned in Planet Catfish and Scotcat, the only sure fire way to identify them is:
    Quote Originally Posted by www.planetcatfish.com
    ... there are many Ancistrus species which have a dark base with small white dots as colour pattern. There is however a key that differentiates this species from all other (currently known) Ancistrus species - it's the only species with one hard and nine soft dorsal rays (I,9) ...
    Most other Ancistrus species have 8 soft rays in the dorsal fin.

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    Sounds like a real mystery that needs in-depth study on the scientific name of L183. Anyways I went down to AquaStar & That aquarium today. They don't have L183 but they do have to other described species of A. dolichopterus.
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    Oh... saved me a trip then... the fish I am looking for is the L183, they are distinguishable in that the young ones have distinctive white seams
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    Anyone spotted the real thing yet?
    Pleco and Cory Idiot Savant

    L46,L66,L333,L48,L201,L134,BN,L184,L168s and others...

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    Used to keep a couple of them which i bought at Gan's at Lim Chu Kang. You might want to try there out.

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    I called them months ago.... they give up selling plecos and even rummynose tetras already... advised me to go to qian hu :P
    Pleco and Cory Idiot Savant

    L46,L66,L333,L48,L201,L134,BN,L184,L168s and others...

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