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Planetcatfish has no pics of Ancistrus "leucostictus" at this time. The A. "leucostictus" in Australia is not the real A. leucostictus. I think ours are still classified as L-157...not too sure, the old Aqualog is full of mistakes, and mislabels which don't match the DATZ publication. All i know is our orange-spot bristlenose doesn't match the A. leucostictus type locality or original description.

Somebody post some pics! :p

-shaun

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G'day Shaun

I am really interested to work out exactly what we have that we are calling the Ancistrus "leucostictus".

I just had a peek at the pic provided by Planet Cat and the pic (if accurate) is deffinitely not what we have here in Australia.

My "leucostictus" (?) never looked like this pic at any stage of their development. :angry:

Also the description given for the L043 is not correct either as the fish are brown Hmmmm :angry::

So the plot thickens. What do we actually have here? What location are these guys from?

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G'day Jay

There is a bit of debate about what this fish actually is.

I believed that it was L043, however this may infact be incorrect?

There is a thread in the catfish forum on this very topic. Keep an eye on it and hopefully we will get closer to solving the mystery.

Oh and yes they are available, but not in big numbers.

Please reply with an email address and I will pass it on to someone that may be able to get some for you.

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Wow now we are confusing forums as well as species ;)

Maybe we should refer the the three catfish forums on Auastalian boards as "Cat Corner " (here), Oz-Cat (Qld Cichlids), and "Auscat" (Pert Cichlids) just to stop confusion ?????

Orange spot / Red spot Ancistrus L110 or L157 same fish !!!!!!!!

http://www.l-welse.com/forum/index.php?act...&CODE=03&ID=161

Planet catfish...... http://www.planetcatfish.com/core/index.htm Ancistrus sp (L110) Red spot bristnose is pretty much spot on with those in my tanks.

pretty much the same as Aqua Log illustrates.

Alan.

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G'day Alan

I am sorry but I don't have a pic of my fish at this stage, however I will describe these guys as best I can.

They are a mid brown colour with almost white, tiny, spots all over the body. Like a peppermint. The male would be just over 15 cm long.

Does that make the ID any clearer? :blink:

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Hi Beagly Ooops Mathew,

Nah, not like mine at all. I'm looking at a dark tan/mid brown fish with polker dots.

The planet catfish illustration under thier "common name" index for L110 is it.

Does your fish look like this one......http://www.zierfisch-ratgeber.de/art186.htm

or this one .... http://www.transfish.de/LCode/L059.jpg ........ niether of which look like mine in any way but bothe have been tagged A leucosticta / orange spot/redspot in Germany!!!

Seems they are just as confused over there as we are here

Alan

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G'day Alan

Unfortunately, those fish don't look like mine. I hope to get some pics of them shortly and I will post them.

Bugger I was so sure you would be able to ID them for me. :(

Anyway the pics I'm sure will assist. (what do they say, worth a thousand words)

Thanks anyway

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G'day Alan and Crash (and everyone else for that matter)

When they were younger they looked like the fish that appears in the 3rd edn. Baensch aquarium atlas. Page 364 - A. leucostictus :)

As adults the brown colour is now over the fishes body as are the tiny white dots. My fish are kept in a white/pale tank so this may also effect the colour of the fish. Others that I have seen have been a more darker brown colour.

Does this help or are things getting worse? :B:

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Hi Beagly Ooops Mathew,

or this one .... http://www.transfish.de/LCode/L059.jpg ........ niether of which look like mine in any way but bothe have been tagged A leucosticta / orange spot/redspot in Germany!!!

Alan, know anyone with these?

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G'day Alan, Crash and Link (and everyone else)

The first day I had a look at the fish they were a little stressed (in a bucket, changing their residence), probably why they were a uniform brown.

However today upon closer inspection, the fish do in fact have a two tone brown and appear just like the ones in the Baensch Aquarium Atlas 3rd edn. Page 364 - A. leucostictus.

Incidently I believe they are the same bloodline as what Link has posted up the pics of. If you look closely there is a two tone brown present, as well as the white spots of course.

So any more thoughts on what they are, as planet cat doesn't have any pics up on L043 :o

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