Parosphromenus quindecim available is U.S.

[Bill Little]

NOTICE for U.S. members — Parosphromenus quindecim was listed on the Wetspot Purchase List last evening. I have been following the weekly list now for several years and this is the first time I have seen this species listed for sale. It is a great opportunity to obtain a previously unavailable species

[Peter Kakouris]

Hello, i saw them on the list and ordered 12 of them… Having had them now for almost 2 months, i don’t think that they are in fact quindecim. I would love to know if anybody else ordered them and saw too that they aren’t quindecim (or if what they received was in fact quindecim).

What i think they are? sp. Blue Line, nagyi, or deissneri is what i’ve narrowed them down to. The males haven’t matured enoughi think to fully color up.

[helene schoubye]

Hi Pktybs

It would indeed also have been very surprising to see p. quindecim for sale in a shop. Wonder how come they suddenly come up with that name.
Its easy to rule out deissneri. That would be equally rare, – and it would have to show the spike tail, which is easy to see.

P. nagyi is possible, – but again also quite recognizable, but of course the males will need to be mature. However if you have had them for 2 months, I would feel that you would have by now at least seen a glimpse of the brownish nagyi typical colouration.
sp. blue line, sp. bintan is probably more likely. These are fish that we see rather often, there are many variations, – so therefore the chance that it may be a variation is bigger than it actually being p.bintan. But they will belong to that type of fish.
I am sure, anyway, that Bill Little should be someone who might indeed know if anyone else has bought and seen some of the ‘p. quindecim’ at wet spot.

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