Raoul's Zebras

rjoemman · Post by **rjoemman** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:45 pm

Hi there,

Today I bought two Hypancistrus Zebra’s. They are now 6 cm.
Can you please tell me if it is the L046 for sure or maybe it is the L098 or the L173.

And do you now the sex, is it male or female?

Best regards
Raoul

Here they are:

The two together:

The first one:

The second one

Here one of them in my tank:

Dr. P · Post by **Dr. P** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:57 pm

Both L46

Nice couple of fish too. The second one is a little grey but I would put this down to the stress of being transported and sitting on some doods hand for a photo

Welcome aboard!

jeroentje · Post by **jeroentje** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:17 pm

I would say the first one is a male,
en the second a female.

second zebra,

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:27 pm

First one male, second one I'm more unsure of. How large is it?

Oh, and yes - both L046

jeroentje · Post by **jeroentje** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:28 pm

McEve wrote:First one male, second one I'm more unsure of. How large is it?

Oh, and yes - both L046

his zebra's are both 6 cm

rjoemman · Post by **rjoemman** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:31 pm

Yes they are both 6 cm.
And what do you say about the Heart Pattern on the back of the right one?

Regards
Raoul

Tom Kvitnes · Post by **Tom Kvitnes** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:49 am

First one is definatly male.
Second one i would guess female, but a brighter closeup pick from above would make it easier to say.

Nice looking fish

Regards

Tom

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:53 am

Hi Raoul

I would also say fist one is a male, also not to sure about the second, but if Ihad to guess I would say a younger male. There isn't much of a sign of odontodes on the gill plates however, but these could have been lost due to stress and transit.

regards

Rob

Des · Post by **Des** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:43 pm

Hi rjoemman,

Welcome to the forum.
The first one is a MALE
The second one, at first glance ,I would say is a female from looking at the body shape.The Cheek odontodes look as if they have been badly damaged in a fight. This normally happens to MALES. The spikes/odontodes on the leading pectoral fin are not clear on your photo. Like someone else said, Another photo from the other side,showing the front half of the fish showing cheek whiskers and pectoral fin clearly, together with an overhead of the whole fish, might be useful.To end , i would say that i am unsure of the sex of this fish.
To have a heart shape pattern on the back of the zebra is pretty rare, For now, 4 different members have one each, including myself.

Regards,
Des.

rjoemman · Post by **rjoemman** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:26 pm

Oke here is the zebra with the love-heart print again.
Now from the other side. I can not make sharp closer pictures with my camera, so I hope these are enough to see the sex of this zebra.

rjoemman · Post by **rjoemman** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:11 am

Des · Post by **Des** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:42 pm

Rjoemman,

Sorry but cannot be certain as to its sex as the cheek odontodes on the other side are also missing/damaged. Give it a few weeks/months to recover.
Holding a zebra in your hand (out of water) while taking a photograph is not something I or anyone else, would recommend. This causes them undue stress. It would be better off, in a container with some tank water or else held by a net against the front glass in the tank, or even in a fry container floating in the tank.

Des.