Geophagus ID?

**Kokoro** · Mon Jul 09, 2007, 01:05 AM

I'm starting to think these are dicrozoster. Anyone agree? You can see a faint opercular mark in the first photo. It was darker this morning, but i never seem to catch it in a photo

**chevguy** · Mon Jul 09, 2007, 12:13 PM

Very hard to tell at that size but the fourth vertical bar on Dicrozoster comes up into a Y shape. The majority of fish that are labelled and sold as Dicrozoster are in actual fact Abalios. Still trying to locate true Dicrozoster myself?

**Kokoro** · Tue Jul 10, 2007, 02:06 AM

hmm.. now i look closer, the Y (in the 2nd photo) is on the 3rd bar so probably not dicrozoster.. I don't think Abalios either, as there is an opercular mark which i have yet to catch clearly in a photo

**BJL82** · Tue Jul 10, 2007, 02:35 PM

7 bars, 4th passes through the black spot, 4th also links to the 5th bar and you've also noticed a preopercular black mark... I'm pretty confident its a dicrozoster

**chevguy** · Wed Jul 11, 2007, 12:12 AM

Good eye's Brendan,i didn't even notice that.

I wasn't saying that they were Abalios. Looking at the point that Brendan pointed out they might just be Dicrozoster.

**BJL82** · Wed Jul 11, 2007, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by chevguy

Good eye's Brendan,i didn't even notice that.

I wasn't saying that they were Abalios. Looking at the point that Brendan pointed out they might just be Dicrozoster.

Cheers mate, happy to help.

Pet city, upper Mt Gravatt have Dicro's but their $$$$$

***Chris*** · Mon Jul 30, 2007, 02:24 AM

we have dicrozoster at subscape in melbourne a heap of them

Thread: Geophagus ID?

Thread Tools

Search Thread

Display

Geophagus ID?

Posting Permissions