Re: [Killietalk] lampeyes

[Sandy1238 at aol_com]

In a message dated 8/9/2007 7:10:53 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
radiata_5 at fuse_net writes:

Thanks a  lot for your input.  I will check for the stripes.

Al W.-
---  lee Van Hyfte <littleleeper23 at hotmail_com> wrote: 
> Hello  All,
> 
> I have most often seen Aply. normani at the pet  shops.   Oddly enough I 
see 
> them at PETCO.  They will  on occasion bring in a poropanchax luxophthalmus 
> type.
>  
> I must warn against presuming these are LUX.  Taxonomists have a  hell of a 
> time telling the individual species apart.   3  species I have kept were 
> nearly identical in appearances.    Scheeli, Luxophthalmus, and 
> stigmatopygus.  (only verifiable via  their collection points!!!) Put them 
in 
> a tank together and you would  be hard pressed to separate out the males 
let 
> alone the  females.  Hannerzi is supposed to have a fair bit of patterning 
in  
> the fins. Which may be the only distinguishing characteristic.   I have 
only 
> seen a couple of different locations of the LUX  types.  So it would be 
> difficult to assume that HAN is the only  sp./subsp. that maintains a 
pattern 
> in the fins.
> 
>  Congopanchax brichardi and myersi both have nearly identical appearances  
> too.  Although at 1 inch it is unlikely these would be the  species.  Both 
> are not only very small but also rare and  difficult to even keep alive.
> 
> If it is a LUX type you should  see to very distinct lines of electric blue 
> or blue green.  One  running along the length of the body just below the 
> dorsal surface  and the other running right along the ventral surface as I 
> recall  stopping just short of the abdomen itself.
> 
> God Bless, Lee Van  hyfte <><
> 
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Hi All,
 
If you have Poro. stigmatopygus you can see a black spot at the anal  opening 
which the others don't have.
 
Sincerely,
 
Sandy



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