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blueblue

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L98 - a variant of L46 ^.^
(Look at the eyes, they are the same!!)

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Refael Hdr.

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They are exactly the same fish. I think both L46 and L98 are different L numbers for the same fish - Hypancistrus zebra.

Where did you get those blue blue?
 

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Refael Hdr. said:
They are exactly the same fish. I think both L46 and L98 are different L numbers for the same fish - Hypancistrus zebra.

Where did you get those blue blue?

It's picked up from a big batch of imported L46...
It looks interesting... ^_^
 

Rolo

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Hi Blueblue,

yes, Rafael is right.
L98 is just a special color morph of H. zebra (L46), likely a single fish (still swimming around near Munich, Germany).

So I wouldn't call yours L98.

Sometimes younger L46 have broken or wavy lines, which become "correct" when they grow up.

regards,
Rolo
 

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Thanks Rolo and The reginator. Yes, as advised by Rolo in an earlier
private message, i am convinced that L98 is just nothing more than L46
with a different pattern (e.g, the offspring of the "hybrid" between
an L46 and an L98, as found by Andre, just looks like a normal L46).

By the way, when we have an L46 which exhibits another pattern,
is it then appropriate for me to call it L98?? ^.^

(L173, again, has been defined to be another species; and
when we compare L173 vs. L46, L98, we could see the eyes are
very different...)
 

Rolo

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blueblue said:
By the way, when we have an L46 which exhibits another pattern,
is it then appropriate for me to call it L98?? ^.^

I wouldn't do so!

The L-codes are NOT belonging to the appearance of a fish, but only to species / local forms (otherwise we can give some of the variable Hypancistrus species about 100 numbers more, e.g. L399 *g*).

L98 an d L46 are both synonymeous for H. zebra. So you better use only one L-code for this species like you do with other synonymized L-codes, too.

Think of e.g. L18/L81 ...nobody would call them L81. Or L76/L99... did you ever heard of L99? Usually, if L-codes are synonymized, the lower number keep valid.
Another case is, when L-codes from different localities are defined as one species, e.g. L4/L5/L28/L73 oder L7/L29. Then, if you want to and if you know the exact catch locality of your fish, you could use the different L-numbers, to seperate these local forms of one species.

But anyway... strictly, you don't have to use the L-code for described species any longer. The correct name is Hypancistrus zebra.. NOT L 46 (or L98)!)

best regards,
Rolo
 

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