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Good Eyes, Martin

Posted By: Hans <a2609894@smail.rrz.uni-koeln.de>
Date: Wednesday, 17 March 1999, at 2:24 a.m.

In Response To: Botia colouration and markings...........discuss. (Martin Thoene)

Hi Today I checked out my Schmerlen-book on this topic and you are absolutely correct. There are two local variants of the Clown, one being from Borneo and one from Sumatra. These can be distinguished as follows: Pectoral/pelvic fins: Borneo: black; Sumatra: red-orange

Dorsal/anal fin: Borneo: has got a yellowish seam; Sumatra: without that seam

last black stripe on the body: Borneo: reaches to the caudal peduncle; Sumatra: doesn`t reach the c.p., the c. p. is orange-red.

The taxonomic status of these (variants/subsp/sp?) is still unclear so you must make sure that you don`t crossbreed them ;).

Hans
 

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