Pterophyllum leopoldi

[vinz]

Hi,

Has anyone ever seen Pterophyllum leopoldi (a.k.a. P. dumerillii) for sale in Singapore?

Article and pics here

[LeAnne]

is it new breed? or just the normal angel?

[vinz]

Its a less popular and less imported breed.

[LeAnne]

hmm i have seen similar patten.. u interested in that? but its a cross breed already i think

[vinz]

LeAnn, at the moment just researching... possibly a new fish for my planted tank when I do a revamp. Thanks anyway.

[Simon]

Gan had a shipment of them, think they r called
elephant angels... not the prettiest angel, oso not popular becoz of their shape.. price? same as altums

[vinz]

Hmmm... elephant angels? Thats a new alternate name. Can't find it the web too.

[Simon]

oops.. look under sheepshead angel.. think david still has a couple of them in his tank

and I think u got the scientific name wrong, Pterophyllum leopoldi is not the 'dumerilii' dumerilii is actually P. sp.

for P. leopoldi search for leopold's Skalar /Angel

[vinz]

Hahaha... simon, only sheepshead I can find is a marine fish. Anyway, I've found a few common names among the sites I surfed.

Yeah, I got confused by a site about P.Dumerillii.

Not much info in the Internet about P. Leopoldi (or by the common names either).

Speaking of David, haven't seen him much in the forum.

[Simon]

ya, and i urge all those who have seen him, to give him a good scolding

[vinz]

[] Did some searching around and I have this 2 links to share:
Touched By Angel's angelfish identification page.
The Angelfish Forum

Anyway, from what I gather, the ichthyologists are still debating about the classification of angelfish. Right now there are 3 recognise species: altums, scalare and leopoldi. Breeders and keepers are finding that alot of wild caughts are mislabelled and some do not fit in the accepted descriptions of the 3 species. Dumerilii does not exist as it was classified from a badly preserve altum, but is now still used to wrongly label scalare and leopoldi.

In case anybody was interested...