ancistrus cats

quick side x side guide
 ^^females: silvertip vs normal 
 
 ^^males: leucistic (photo credit: J. Hansen) vs light normal
 
 ^^males: silvertip vs normal
 ^^females: albino longfin vs full leucistic, aka '144'


Ancistrus
(clicking the species name will take you a PlanetCatfish info page

^^ 1cm juvenile silvertips jostle

regular bristlenose:
^^Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus, regular adult male with fry

 
^^Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus, albino x regular fry


silver tip bristlenose:
^^silvertip juvenile
^^silvertip juvenile
^^Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus var. 'silvertip', adult male


long fin albino bristlenose:
 ^^Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus var. 'albino long fin', adult male
Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus var. 'albino long fin', adult female
full leucistic (aka 144)/ leucistic short fins
^^leucistic fry
^^leucistic fry
 ^^leucistic adult (photo credit: J. Hansen) 

^^full leucistic (aka 144) fry
^^full leucistic aka 144 adult female

note: the real L144 is a different - and uncommon - fish. 
Info here.
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page edited: 2017 12 09 to remove broken links






2 comments:

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