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JM>In a message of 19 Sep 96 Nigel Bell wrote to All:
JM> NB>  Hello everybody,
JM> NB>       Can anyone out there Identify the following Catfish for
JM> NB>  me? Overall Body colour is Black, under-side creamy grey.
JM> NB> Leading edge of  all fins are Orange and full length of body is
JM> NB> covered in horizontal  rows of White dots that increase in size
JM> NB> as they get nearer the tail.       It was about 1 inch in length
JM> NB> when purchased approx. 18 months  ago, the supplier said it was
JM> NB> beleived to be Pekoltia Species and  numbered L28, any ideas,
JM> NB> Iwould like to know.
JM>I looked up the fish in question in the AquaLog book on Loricarid
JM>catfishes. It showed a picture of it. Best I can tell you is that it
JM>appeared to be about 4 inches long (a guy was holding it on his
JM>hand). It does appear to be a Peckoltia - it was identified as
JM>Peckoltia cf. angelicus. The fish in the picture was golden with lots
JM>of spots. That was the fish pictured as L28.
   Hi Jeff,
        Thanks for your efforts on my behalf, it seems that it could 
well be the same fish apart from the overall body colour, but I have 
since been told that as the fish is only a young one it may well change 
body colour as it gets older.
        Once again thanks, take care, Nigel
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