Pics of the P “deissneri” for ID

[Colin]

Apologies for the scratches on the photos because I couldn’t find my usual photo-tank!!!

These are the fish currently being exported as the “real deissneri”….

[IMG]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/cornuta/paro2.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/cornuta/PARO1.jpg[/IMG]

cheers
Colin

[Peter Finke]

Fine, clear photos of fish of the bintan-group. Since there are no markings whatsoever in the fins, all seem to be females. And definitely not the fish that since 1998 are called deissneri. Even the females of this species must show a short filament in the caudal fin. In Kottelat and Ng 2005 it is correctly stated that we need males to discriminate the species within the bintan group. Therefore these females could belong to bintan, rubrimontis, alfredi, tweediei, opallios and more than ten further “other forms”.
But it’s quite the usual experience with the trade!

[Colin]

Heh, it’s never easy!

I’ll try for males later 🙂

[Colin]

here are some pics of a male…. see if this helps at all???

note the colour in the caudal?

[IMG]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/cornuta/paromale1.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/cornuta/paromale2.jpg[/IMG]

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