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Article by Francesco Zezza & George J. Reclos
After the fight the two catfish are lying next to each other sending the
usual but deceiving "peaceful" image. It may take days or weeks
before they fight again. When you see them like that you don't realize
their territorial nature. Neither can I understand why they become
extremely territorial for some time and then spend days lying next to each
other !! However the signs of the fight will
take some time to vanish. The strange thing is that the bigger pleco has
more serious wounds as compared to the smaller one which has some bruises.
Usually the wider fish is the female.
Deceivingly peaceful.
The bigger fish with some lost scales and a bleeding wound. Who said
plecos can't cause injuries ? You can also see the wounds one of these
fish caused in a male Aulonocara
stuartgranti.
The smaller fish has clearly less wounds.
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