What´s on female Sewellias skin?

[wasserscheu]

What´s on her skin?




Thanks

[mistergreen]

tubercles?
it could be a he.

[wasserscheu]

hmm... that would reverse "our" sexing items though. I took that picture on 9.11.07 She is doing fine. I tried to get another shot, but it´s not easy with my camera...

[Emma Turner]

Hi Wolfram,

I've been looking through my pics of female S. lineolata, but none are as clear as yours when cropped close-up. Also you have captured that one in good lighting, which shows the detail of the skin up very well. I think what we are seeing here are sensory pores.

Here's a bad pic of one of my females:



And closer:



I can make out little bumps under the skin. Not as pronounced as the tubercles seen on the males.

Emma

[wasserscheu]

Hi Emma,

Thank you so much, for looking into detail to such an extend (in the truest sense of these words ).
I´m pretty sure your great pictures (which I still have no chance to compete with) show the same “skin-features” as I found on that one pic. (I checked all my other pics and none came close to that resolution – a one of a million lucky shot with my little camera).

There is so much to explore – one needs more time –somehow this loach research reminds me of the Ontario license plates…”It´s all yours to discover”… I found that amasing, to find notes on licence plates in North America.

Wishing a nice day … in Munich the sun is even showing a little.