lungy Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Well here is the pic ... Do tell Andy... Ps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Hi Andy, It looks awfully similar to the pic you posted on your own site advertising them as G. altifrons for sale . Lungy's add merjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungy Posted March 31, 2004 Author Share Posted March 31, 2004 Ummmmmmmm You were looking at my site Honey Anyway , Nothing wrong with seeking a second oppinion is there ... As there is '2' perhaps '3' more readers here ... Lots of Love Andy... : hug :hug :hug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrseby Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH see thats all i ever wanted !!!! Finally a pic of a true FIRE FIN thanks mate you da man lungy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungy Posted March 31, 2004 Author Share Posted March 31, 2004 *SLAP* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntoTheRainz Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 hmmm ....... it looks like some kind of lungy . i mean lungy's fish is it possible u can get couple of shots on the tails? that way i will break ur heart go lungy go! go! go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartwegiman Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Looks like a red horse face to me "AL" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gswalker Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 definately some sort of altifrons note no black mark on the side of its body but not sure which variant of the altifrons it is, doesnt look like rio toncantin though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMK Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 I find the black spot come and go on mine. Is it a good indication whether it is an altifron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gswalker Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 a lot of altirons have a quite small black spot on a full grown fish but not one like the brachy branchus etc , the altifrons xingu for example shouldnt have one at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quantumstarr Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 this is a geophagus surinamensis. I used to have several. They get to be about a foot long. They are really beautiful when they get big. I think they are mouth brooders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Makka Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Hi there quantaumstarr . This is no red mate ! This is more like the xingu that gs-walker is talking about . and yes they are mouth brooders after the initial laying of eggs . Makka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishie4me Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 i agree with quantumstarr and my opinion it is a geophagus surinamensis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezzacam Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Well i think it's a nice looking fish... and i want them Nice fish Lungy, Cheers Cameron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gswalker Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 mine are sort of similar http://img45.photobucket.com/albums/v138/g...er/fish_017.jpg http://img45.photobucket.com/albums/v138/g...er/fish_010.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita_ozfish Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Oh Gav, they look nothing alike Your fish have a more rounded head whereas Lungys has a pointier mouth to it and the scales/colours are all wrong and yours has a lot more red in it. Similar but different I have no idea what Lungy has a pic of - it's nothing we have had here before ....... kinda looks like a 1/2 and 1/2 fish. Maybe sending some pics o'seas to the experts would be the go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gswalker Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 hey anita i was actually being sarcastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeW Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Guy, guys, guys - For the millionth time: THERE ARE NO GEOPHAGUS SURINAMENSIS IN AUSTRALIA. We have never had them here, ever. G. surinamensis is the wrong name (like A. rivulatus for that matter) for the fish we have here (which are a ironically are multiple species ((none of which are surinamensis)) and their morphs). ! It looks like one the G. altifrons types Andy. Try sending a few pics and a nice request to Link2Hell for a proper ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest slugga Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Hi i think we just have Brachy Branchis here but i'm not to sure on that either , However it looks like a nice fish . Thanx Steve0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixem Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 I have one (used to have two ) One died when still small, sold to me as geophagus surinamensis . Mine is about 5 inches now and really beautiful, didnt look like much before, had it for just over a year, very peaceful and pally with a large firemouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gswalker Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 if you had a surinamensis you probably had brachy branchus instead and jurapari is sold here but really it is a leucisticta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Ok what is the correct ID for these guys then. I bought them as G. surinamensis (at 4cm) and have looked for pictures to help. They look more like G. surinamensis than G. brachybranchus to me . Geophagus sp. merjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 It is a pitty that the Geo's are a mess (sigh) good to slip down the rd and get some like in the America. Ow well we settle for fish that look like other fish and call them what they look like. I would say look's more like an Altifon than a Suren' or B.B. But you never can tell. Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Hi all, How can anyone be sure that certain fish are not present in the country. I have heard of instances where fish were brought directly into the country straight from the lakes etc.......no AQIS. It was common practice. So, apart from those recorded imports, there are other species floating around. There must be some species that originated from fish(spawns) which entered the country prior to stricter quarantine regimes that are in place today (not including the illegal imports). The picture that I posted of my Geophagus sp. looks exactly like G. surinamensis to me, although there is some resemblence to G. brachybranchus (ref. South American Eartheaters by Thomas Weidner, pp. 117 and 144). So how can we be sure that G. surinamensis never entered the country? merjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 It is a certainty that fish which have been brought forward to be identified are not surinamensis. Nothings impossible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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