Name the Bug # 47

Potentially a bit of an easy one today. Anyone know what this is?



Attribution to follow.

Update: Identity now available here. Photo from here.
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8 comments:

  1. tf14 February 2011 at 13:43

    It's a fish!

    (off to find my fish keys)

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  2. Adam Yates14 February 2011 at 18:58

    Pteraclis carolinus

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  3. Adam Yates14 February 2011 at 19:04

    oops, no. Right family wrong species. Its Pterycombus petersi

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  4. Pat14 February 2011 at 20:18

    A type of guppy called a grumpy?

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  5. tf15 February 2011 at 02:11

    So I spent a lot of time looking in the wrong family..

    Distinguishing features being the dorsal and anal fins running along the length of the body. The anal fin having 40 rays and the dorsal having 45. Fishbase gives Pterycombus petersi as having a black membrane between the rays on both fins which appears to be the case.

    Pterycombus brama (and I assume petersi) is supposed to have an axillary scale at the base of the pelvic fins, and Pteraclis carolinus does not. Is that scale the round spot aft of the gill opening?

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  6. Christopher Taylor15 February 2011 at 13:36

    Three points for tf! Don't know about the axillary scale; the 'round spot' is, I believe, the pectoral fin.

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  7. tf15 February 2011 at 15:27

    Yay!

    Did the points reset after Adam won the first round? If not, I think I just hit 10...

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  8. Christopher Taylor15 February 2011 at 15:57

    I'm afraid they did. You're currently on seven, so one more three-pointer and you could take it out.

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