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Posted: **Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:27 pm**

I have two specimans that I believe are G. scitulus in addition to my ctenocephalus. Another characteristic I have noticed on scitulus is a small amount of red on the tip of the tail of some individuals. Has anyone else noticed this?

Posted: **Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:51 pm**

Jim Powers wrote:I have two specimans that I believe are G. scitulus in addition to my ctenocephalus. Another characteristic I have noticed on scitulus is a small amount of red on the tip of the tail of some individuals. Has anyone else noticed this?

You can actually see that in the comparisom photo I posted.

Martin.

Posted: **Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:54 pm**

From my limited obeservation, smaller Gastromyzon (G. ctenocephalus / G. scitulus

) have less coloration at their fins than bigger fishes, at caudal fin the smaller fish not just have smaller amount of red/orange color of its caudal, but also have bigger amount of colorless ? of the tip of its caudal fin.

Posted: **Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:58 pm**

Martin Thoene wrote:Hendra, I have a mix of sizes in both species. They range from around 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" in standard length.

Martin.

Are they (the 2 species) from the same shipment ?

Posted: **Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:11 pm**

No, I got them at different times.

Martin.

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