Hello catfish freaks,

today I want to introduce you in two articles from the current issue of DATZ (04/2015):

Haakon Haagensen und Daniel Konn-Vetterlein "Endlich wieder eine L-Nummer!" ("Finally a L number!")

The authors introduce the previously known Hypancistrus sp. “Rio Nhamunda” as Hypancistrus sp. "L475". This specie / form is similar to Hypancistrus sp. “L 270”, Hypancistrus sp. “Rio Madeira” and Hypancistrus sp. “Uatuma”. This specie / form should be about 14 inches tall and is as well as other known Hypancistrus in appearance very variable.

Frank Schäfer "Kolumbiens Nadelwelse überarbeitet" ("Revised Colombia needle catfishes")

Frank refers to the scientific description of Farlowella yarigui. (Ballen & Mojica”A new Trans-Andean Stick Catfish of the genus Farlowella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with the first record of the genus for the río Magdalena Basin in Colombia“, the full article is not free of charge). Farlowella Yarigui is one of described 13 Colombian Farlowella species. It is the first Trans-Andean Farlowella of Colombia. Trans-Andean Farlowella are still the two Venezuelan species: Farlowella curtirostra and Farlowella taphorni.
Further Frank informed, in the description there is included a key to the Colombian Farlowella (The list is probably still a bit incomplete.). Thereof corresponding the most Farlowella in our aquariums would be Farlowella vittata. As he writes, in commercial nobody takes the trouble to determine the species accurately. Without indication of origin the determination is only hardly possible.

Enjoy reading of DATZ.