Re: Crencichla

["Ron Schulz" <beemster@bestweb.net>]

Hi Erick,
  They sound like notophthalmus to me. I do believe most come out of Manaus.
I recall years ago (before dwarf pikes became popular) they would often come
in as a very few1 to 2 inch contaminants in large batches of cardinal
tetras. At the time, I had access to a few wholesalers.  On a few occasions,
I was able to pick out a few very small specimans if I carefully went thru
all the tanks with cardinal tetras in it.  They all turned out to be
notophthalmus.  Also, see the included link.for distinguishing features.
.............................................................Ron

http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/5491/notopage.html


----- Original Message -----
From: "Erick@Vielka@nospam.org" <vfjones@gte.net>
To: "Apisto@Listbox. Com" <apisto@listbox.com>; "Sacsg"
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Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 11:22 AM
Subject: Crencichla


> Is anyone able to share some information regarding Crencichla Regani or
> Crencichla Notophthalmus? I recently purchased 4 at my lfs as Cr. Regani.
> while talking to the owner about collecting locals his comment was "they
> came out of Manuas so they could even be notophalmus." at the time they
were
> little better than an inch total length. two with definite dorsal spots
two
> without. I assume I have 2 boys and 2 girls. very cool fish the dominate
> female has doubled in size and her belly is starting to turn orange. the
> occelli on her dorsal is a single spot with red surrounding. she has a
> definite black bar nose to caudal tip. with ~10 vertical bars on her
dorsal
> surface no barring on her stomach. I cannot comment much on the others
> because they are not seen except momentarily at feeding time. Thank you.
>
>
> Erick Jones
>
>
>
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