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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:29 am
by Mad Duff
piggy4 wrote:Crikey Mark , i've only been away a couple of days and you've put some cracking photo's up !
The barring is very different on these fishes
Cheers Andy, there is a fair bit of variation among the 4 fish but whether they are different species or its they are sexual differences I dont know
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:04 pm
by Mike Ophir
Looking at the photos, they look like they are all the same fish to me. Banding, striping is highly varied amongst these types of fish. I have kept specimens like the ones in the photograph and after evaluating their behavior and color patterning as they grew, I came to the conclusion they must be the same species. If they are not, they are very closely related. Maybe one is a sub-species of the other.
Mike
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:59 pm
by piggy4
Yeah ,they do look to be the same species ! wonder if its an age factor ? with that what i mean is take Botia Dario , as young fish they mostly have 7 dark bands , but as they age these bands can split giving them a multi barred pattern , not to disimilar to B. striata !
This is genrally speaking i know some Dario's have quite odd and indistinct bars !