Identity and locality
Hypancistrus sp. L005 (L004 complex)
Tocantins Cametá trade locality, Brazil
Diagnostic evidence and naming
Specialist dossier treats L004 as a juvenile appearance of L005 with shifts in spot size as animals grow. The numeric label is not a genetically documented separate species. Seriously Fish independently treats L005 as older fish of the L004 Tocantins form; adult spot change should not be claimed as a genetically separate L005 strain or experimentally measured dominance pattern.
Breeding and genetics limitations
Track age, photographs, breeder and cross-generation variation rather than advertise a selectively engineered spotted form.
Original references
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Public Discord research discussion
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