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	Otocinclus batmani
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol4num4/NI4(4)-379-383lr.pdf
Posted 09-Jan-2007 04:49
Joe Potato Fish Addict Kind of a Big Deal Posts: 869 Votes: 309 Registered: 09-Jan-2001	No kidding. Pretty cool. This reminds me, though: did they ever come up with a valid scientific name for the zebra oto? Last I heard they had decided it was a different species, but hadn't come up with a taxonomic name. Joe Potato
Posted 09-Jan-2007 06:04
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	The Zebra Otocinclus is now known as Otocinclus cocama. I like the etymology for this new fish - Otocinclus batmani ... Etymology. The name batmani, alludes to Bob Kane’s hero Batman of the comic adventures, which had a bat shape for his symbol, referring to the single W- or bat-shaped vertical spot on the caudal-fin. Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 09-Jan-2007 09:33
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Hahaha... I want some Batman Otos. It seems to have a pretty wide distribution in the Amazon Basin though... Why wasn't it discovered and described a long time ago? I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 09-Jan-2007 21:03
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	"Why wasn't it discovered and described a long time ago?" Because they only fight crime at night. Nice critter. I'd like to see if the live coloration is much different than that of the fish pictured. 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 09-Jan-2007 22:10
Joe Potato Fish Addict Kind of a Big Deal Posts: 869 Votes: 309 Registered: 09-Jan-2001	I doubt it, Nick. It says in the paper "the new species is distinguished from all other Otocinclus species...by having a single, intensely-pigmented, vertical W-shaped caudal fin spot...", and the one preserved in alcohol actually looks fairly close to the coloration of most other Otocinclus species, so I bet that that is the living color as well. Joe Potato
Posted 09-Jan-2007 22:31


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