Interesting B. dario shot

Mark in Vancouver · Post by **Mark in Vancouver** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:15 am

Check out the two orange spots that came up in this photo on the caudal peduncle of the loach. Don't know what it is, and I've not noticed it before.

Could this be a further defense device? I want to go and look at all the B. dario photos again, but I don't recall seeing this. A trick of the light? Does this indicate sexual dimorphism? Maturity?

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Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:27 am

It is interesting. You got me looking at my pictures and i've found a picture which shows a darkened area which was never there, when they where juveniles. Must be a maturity spot!

piggy4 · Post by **piggy4** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:35 am

Its a pity the first pic is obscured ,hence no comparison can be made with Graemes fish ?

Keith Wolcott · Post by **Keith Wolcott** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:02 am

Mark- I can't see your picture either. It does not load in and when I try to force it to load I get a "server not found" message.

shari2 · Post by **shari2** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:39 am

Pic's a no show, here, too.

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:44 pm

If i remember correctly, i think Mark's B. dario was showing a much brighter orange colouration than mine. Smack bang in the center of the caudal peduncle.

www2.2cah.com/coppermine << Hasn't this site move since this original postings?

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:29 pm

Mark - I can't get the image to open. Could you try again? Pretty please!

Emma

Mark in Vancouver · Post by **Mark in Vancouver** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:48 pm

Alas, this was one of the photos that disappeared when Coppermine cacked out. It's not on my hard drive anymore.

Graeme has it right, though. There was a very bright orange reflective spot at the extreme end of the caudal peduncle that caught the flash from the camera somehow. You can see the same patch on Graeme's fish, but it doesn't catch the light the same way. I had never noticed any detail on this part of the fish before, but this one photo really highlighted it.

How does a post from February, 2006 wake up this way?

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:21 pm

D'oh! Sorry Mark, did not realise this was an old thread. Andy has obviously been digging around!

Were the spots anything like what you can see in this old pic of mine? I know it's not taken at a brilliant angle, but there are definite reflective gold spots on the caudal peduncle:

Emma

piggy4 · Post by **piggy4** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:05 am

I must confess To having been doing a little spade work ! there are some really interesting topics in the vaults , hence i may don the khakis and exhume some more long lost treasures !

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:01 am

This one shows a bit of orange on the edges of the caudal peduncle. I wish i had a camera to take some up-to-date images. Anyone else got any pictures of there B dario?

piggy4 · Post by **piggy4** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:22 am

Woderful pic Graeme ! i feel like starting up a new thread on Yoyo's just to entice you to show that wonderful copper based specimen ! ha ha you know the one i mean ha , though i must say some of the Yoyo's i bought about twelve months ago are starting to get that wonderful colouration , i assume it has to be a lacation caught thing ! the ones i had years ago seemed to have a more whitish base colour !

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:25 am

Oh no! Not that old debate again!

Tinman · Post by **Tinman** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:22 pm

Oh no! Not that old debate again!

I have a dozen Almorhea with golden qaulities . I would agree they are much more golden than years past but I have seen other wild caught fish change color through the years also since the 1970's

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