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Parancistrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1855)

 

Parancistrus aurantiacus = Light gold

 © Daniel Konn-Vetterlein

 


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Family: Loricariidae  Back to Ident-A-Cat  Click on Thumbnails

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Near normal aquarium colouration
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Gold specimen beginning to change colour
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Gold specimen before export
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Gold specimen after some time in captivity
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Gold specimen after some time in captivity
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Light gold
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Gold specimen after some time in captivity
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Light specimen
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Normal aquarium colouration
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Normal aquarium colouration
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Normal aquarium colouration showing the broad head
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Mouth view-normal aquarium colouration
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