L236 on Aquabid

Lampy · Post by **Lampy** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:01 am

Hey Ken,

I hope to get in the tank (well it's a 125 so it IS possible, but I mean figuratively) and take some pics, sort out the latest batch. Then I'll sell them. I don't want anyone to buy these guys without seeing pics of them... if ya know what I mean!!

jerms55555 · Post by **jerms55555** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:47 am

Look what I found....according to this book and posting maybe we all have L236??

You will notice that some of the back fins are not that long and forked as what was previously stated..
http://www.plecofanatics.com/forum/show ... light=L287

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:58 am

I think I may have got some L236 but the problem is Aqualog is confusing the hell out of me

. Personally I think they are closer to L66/L287 as pictured in the Aqualog. What do you guys think?

du ma · Post by **du ma** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:47 pm

iono it hurts just to think about it

heres another one
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/ ... 1114971027

Jenny · Post by **Jenny** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:53 pm

When I look at my pleco sold to me as a L66 it looks black with white lines. With an L236 you would say it's white with black lines. The 'Rare L236' on aquabid definately looks black with white lines and I would say it looks very similar to my L66.

jerms55555 · Post by **jerms55555** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:56 am

I think Adams look very much like L236...The one on Aquabid looks like it has a tint of yellow? This whole thing is confusing the $HIT out of me!!

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:32 am

That makes two of us Jerms, I picked up a copy of Aqualog recently thinking that it would help matters. I'm even more confused than before now. According to Aqualog they could be L66, L236 or L287 . However the supplier assured me that they were collected from the Rio Iriri which pretty much rules out L287 as they are collected from the Rio Do Para and possibly the Xingu according to Datz, Aqualog has them down as coming from the Rio Do Para only. L66 are collected from the Rio Tocatins and Xingu according to Aqualog but Datz has them down as coming from the Xingu(Belo Monte-Victoria). I'll get to the bottom of this if it kills me.

Post by **Barbie** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:36 pm

Please share when you do Adam! Just to confuse your issue a bit more, Here are the pictures of the fish I bought from a friend that originally purchased them as L173. They were collected at Altimira.

I have also sat down with my copy of the DATZ and Aqualog and given myself a brain ache over these. It's danged frustrating!

Barbie

KenW · Post by **KenW** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:36 pm

Hi Barbie,

Thanks for showing the link with the L173. just to make it even more confusing, those L173 look very similar if not the same as the ones I got last year as L340. I still have not been able to find out what river those L340 came from.

Ken

Des · Post by **Des** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:23 pm

Hi Barbie,

I have just managed to get some Hypancistrus labelled as L173 today. Dont know where they were collected from but will try and find out. They look a little similar to yours. Will try and get some photos as soon as they are settled.
Also managed to get some "dwarf" hypancistrus with vertical makings.Unidentified at the moment but possibly L129

Regards,
Des

Edited L128 to L129

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:32 pm

I was offered some of these today, any ideas on what they could be?

Post by **Barbie** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:02 am

Besides cool? I hope you got a pair or two! :p Those might be the fish they're referring to as the "gold" L333, but to be honest, I get a brain ache just thinking about this stuff now. Yann thinks the fish I bought as L173 are actually L287, also.

Barbie

Des · Post by **Des** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:09 pm

Adam,

I too believe that the fish in your picture is a L333 variant, but has a lot of broken lines and spots than the norm.

Des.