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	I'm not a metae am i?
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	OK the guy at the lfs swears these are metae, and I know the pictures aren't the best, but I'll add what I saw as the differences to help, ready books? On the casual look, it looks like a metae, but: The stripe that goes down the back does not stay solid all the way down it's back, but seperates at the dorsal fin, so that there is the brownish/grey coloring between the 2 black stripes...while on the metae the black stripe stays solid all the way to the tail... The coloring didn't seem the same as the metaes I know, and there seemed to be very faint vertical bands/stripes on the sides. Other than that yes, they do look very similar to the metae Oh and one last thing, they seemed to be a bit larger as well, closer to 2.5-3 inches....but not quite as large as this other cory that is similar, and not as dark in coloring as them...(sorry can't think of the name of that cory for the lie of me right now) heidi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What if I was good to you, what if you were good to me What if I could hold you till I feel you move inside of me What if it was paradise, what if we were symphonies What if I gave all my life to find some way to stand beside you ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Is it just one of the variable metaes? houston attached this image: "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Definitely Corydoras melini. The only other cories I know of that have a stripe like that which splits are C. narcissus, C. arcuatus, and I guess C. fowleri. I think there is a metae variant that looks quite similar to melini, but this fish definitely has the color of a melini. Last edited by sirbooks at 26-Jun-2005 20:11 And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	Yep, that splitting stripe you describe is definitely diagnostic of melini ... in fact I covered this in a post in another thread some time ago Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Angelman Enthusiast Posts: 188 Kudos: 77 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-May-2002	Definately melini
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05


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