Interesting fellas. Hmm... will locality shed some light on this? Didn't manage to ask Ben where these fellas came from...
Some thought this to be the Hyphessobrycon metae, but the Géry pix are not too clear, and Internet pix looked completely different. Also it seems the caudal base is scaled which should put this in Hemigrammus. So, any ideas?
Most of the specimens in the tank has a pale flank with silver belly, except one chap which is very much darker in coloration. The humeral spot is strongly distinct and horizontally ovoid.
Last edited by hwchoy; 18th Jan 2006 at 14:33.
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
Interesting fellas. Hmm... will locality shed some light on this? Didn't manage to ask Ben where these fellas came from...
ben wouldn't know also lah.
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
Haha... I'll scratch my head waiting for more information then...
choy, the only thing i can think of is it's either an unidentified tetra or they've been getting a new colour strain of the herbertaxelrodi?
mick
considering the amount of tetra contaminant, I would go with the unidentified tetra
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
Oohh.. Really looks different! Can't wait to get my hands on some!
Cheers,
I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
i saw them the other day with thomas... alot of them have that funny lower jaw..
you mean that puffed out lower jaw? seems quite common among Hemigrammus. Can you tell me whether the caudal is considered scaled (the distinguishing trait between Hemigrammus and Hyphessobrycon).
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
hi all,
well ive got a few pix of the real h. metae, only one problem it's coming to the end of it's life, but it still has the colours i mentioned, will have to do a bit of work on the pics before posting them but they should be worth the wait,i hope, a fact with these fish is they don't have a long tank life , about 2 yrs old and they start to look old and die not long after, ive asked my mate to get another shipment of them again , will post the pix later today.
cheers, mick
Choy..looks like it is..
huh? looks like it is… what?Originally Posted by ranmasatome
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
scaled caudal??
here is the pic of the metae, like i said it's not in good condition, but the colours there for you to see.
cheers mick
so Hemigrammus then?Originally Posted by ranmasatome
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
From the Aqualog, I think it may be an astyanax leopoldi, or a strain of it.
Originally Posted by hwchoy
think i saw a batch of these @ C328, thought they were hybrids....lol.
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