flatfish Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 I'm writing a couple of Aquarium World articles and am after a good image of a clown pleco (Panaque maccus) and a small spot gold nugget (Baryancistrus sp. L81). Has anyone got images that I could use (with acknowledgements) for the articles. It'd be nice to just pull them of the web but there are copyright issues doing that. And a big thanks to those that have helped out already with other images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Is this what you were looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted November 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Thanks mate. Great photo and a very nice fish. Has it got a yellow band all the way along the dorsal (top) fin or just on the tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 yellow band all the way on the tail fin and dorsal fin. not sure what type of goldnugget it is though. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted November 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 what was it sold as: a small spot gold nugget or a flathead gold nugget? yellow band all the way on the tail fin and dorsal fin. not sure what type of goldnugget it is though. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 ordered it as flathead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted November 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Could well be Pseudancistrus sp. L067. Apparently flathead "gold nuggets" are usually Hopliancistrus sp. L017. Both species have yellow on their tails, but only L067 has yellow on the dorsal fin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 interesting... lol is that a good thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfishfanatic Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Hope these pics maybe of some use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 What are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Clown plecs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfishfanatic Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Yip clown plecos (L104). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Top photo is definitely L067 psuedancistrus and not a gold nugget at all. That name was given to these fish by the importer who had no idea what fish was. Same importer who named L168 buterfly a "bumblebee" and a unknown ancistrus "blue spot". nice young clown shots. This is 11cm male Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 hmm.. lol that makes perfect sense. also got a temiki or something like that which was really a normal albino bristlenose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 here's one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 awesome. great photos of very nice fish. thanks guys. I have now have all the pleco photos I need at the moment. :lol: Nice to have a "flathead gold nugget" in the article as well, even if they are not a real gold nugget. Still a great looking fish anyway. Would be nice if the importers used L-numbers and accepted common names off say Planet Catfish, or just L-numbers if they dont have a common name. No wonder people get confused. At least the L-numbers are often but not always reliable when they provide them. Thanks goodness for the big catfish websites. Apparently theres a major project underway to describe all the worlds catfish in the next few years, so hopefully most of the L-numbers will have a species name within the next five years. Theres several pleco species that have been scientifically described recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Please don't call it "flathead gold nugget", or if you do be sure to point out that it isn't a correct ID for that fish. It would be better to set the record straight earlier rather than later. Perhaps a paragraph or two discussing the situation here where importers should be using other avenues as their creative outlet, and not the creation of fish names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted December 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 It will be quite clearly stated that this is not in fact a gold nugget, but rather it will serve to highlight the problem with common names, particularly those that are generated on the spot. A similar problem is with the bluefin Panaque which is a species of Ancistrini (L239). Thats why I like the L-numbers because a lot of people dont like scientific names even when they are described species, and at least the L-numbers are often accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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