why doesnt my bristlenose

[CFC]

Yep, so my original ID was correct except for the fact that the shops have been giving the fish the wrong name for as long as anyone can remember

 

[spooky_doomdom]

I like bristlenoses I have a tiny albino one in my tank and he has little bristles already... he's maybe an inch long...

 

[SirMinion]

Oh the joys of the scientific names of fish

Ancisterus dolichopterus is the new scientific name for L183 or as it is commonly known the starlight bristlenose http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loric...istru/221_f.php

Ancisterus temminckii is as Sir minion has said a very rare fish and never imported, however all the common bristlenoses in the trade are still called A.temminckii http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loric...stru/1290_f.php

So the actual species we get in the shops and what the one in question here is really Ancisterus sp3 which are yet to be assigned a valid scientific name http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loric...cistru/49_f.php

All very confusing and mind bogglingly dull

*bangs head against brick wall*
Aaargh!

 

[andywg]

It's always the common fish that you think you know what it is that cause the trouble...

 

[daudy_dojo]

that picture looks like a golden nugget pleco

 

[smithrc]

now... just to keep this going a bit more

After a long time trying to ID our bristlenoses Those in the know on Planetcatfish said that the female dolichopterus usually have some bristles and that if the female dosnt have any when fully grown it is quite likely that it is a temminckii..

From the pictures i found of claimed temminckii's they tended to have more yellow in their colouration compared to the dolichopterus.

I gave up in the end and called them temminckii anyway

 

[Bloo]

that picture looks like a golden nugget pleco

mmm well that's what I kinda thought to start off with, even though I wasn't quite convinced. However as the thread clearly prooves, I was wrong

 

[scubadan]

I have one bristle nose plecostomus and it is about an inch and a half long. They dont get bristles till they mature