Pyrrhulina sp. ?

**hwchoy** · 19th Apr 2006, 08:42

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.

**Biotopeshop** · 19th Apr 2006, 08:46

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?

**Quixotic** · 19th Apr 2006, 10:05

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.

**hwchoy** · 19th Apr 2006, 10:07

not yet coloured up.

**ranmasatome** · 19th Apr 2006, 16:24

isnt the difference only in dentition??

**hwchoy** · 19th Apr 2006, 16:26

that's why "think" only.

**mickthefish** · 19th Apr 2006, 17:49

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.
mick

**ranmasatome** · 19th Apr 2006, 19:17

thats a P. brevis??? the colouration when at the shop looks so different...

**hwchoy** · 19th Apr 2006, 19:48

is brevis supposed to be pinky red like in the shop?

**mickthefish** · 19th Apr 2006, 23:59

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.
mick

**Quixotic** · 20th Apr 2006, 00:21

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.

**hwchoy** · 20th Apr 2006, 01:45

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.

**hwchoy** · 20th Apr 2006, 02:15

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.

**ranmasatome** · 20th Apr 2006, 12:26

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.

**hwchoy** · 20th Apr 2006, 13:34

not this fish.

**ranmasatome** · 20th Apr 2006, 18:10

Yah already say i know its not this fish.. but the red colour is almost similar..

**mickthefish** · 20th Apr 2006, 18:23

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.
mick

**hwchoy** · 22nd Apr 2006, 04:20

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".

**mickthefish** · 22nd Apr 2006, 06:26

i agree, but even so choy youve got a really nice fish especially when displaying to the female.
mick

**hwchoy** · 22nd Apr 2006, 08:53

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?

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