Good stuff! Thank you again

Thats it, thank you!

MFK has me spoiled with its direct uploads lol

I've recently acquired a really nice example of Brachyplatystoma juruense and was able to capture this really nice image of it. I'd like to submit this for consideration into the Cat-E-Log entry for juruense. I'll be willing to submit pictures of this fish as it grows as well. https://www.monsterfis...

May be you should be ;) ... and keep your priorities straights, Rob :) I feel ya my man. Other priorities have to come first though. When I got out of the Army thanks to the recent drawdown, I found it impossible to find a job that matched my pay with only half of a degree. I have to make up for th...

I'd sell my soul to participate in this study, but I'm not in school right now.

Awesome! I loves me some suchus.

Did we ever come to a consensus on what your other goonch is? I can't remember if we did. :/

I'd agree with your assessment, Viktor.

Ah, I see. With the pictures of the fry not showing up, the point of the post was somewhat lost. I don't have a TBAS account so I can't log in.

That would be of great interest to me! I have a lot of ideas that I'd love to get out into the community. This would be a great format to contribute to the common knowledge of our hobby.

I'm not exactly sure what solution you're trying to find. The pics linked from TBAS don't work for me because I'm not a member there so I may be missing the meat and potatoes of the thread. Are we trying to identify the fry in the pond owner's pond? If so, the best bet would be to get a pic of the f...

Shane, Please hold off on submitting anything to Jools. I live in NE Florida so I have the ability to collect and photograph both A. serracanthus and A. n. cf. marmoratus for proper diagnostic illustrations, both in tank and in the field. I am in the process of getting a 365 gallon tank up and runni...

I also just thought of something...with just a little more work you could submit you information as it is above to Jools to go into Shane's World as an article.....just a thought.... Birger Well that's cool! I just noticed this post; what kind of work would you want to see done? I could work someth...

Awesome stock! I'm loving it!

Bump;

Curious to see if anything is being done with this. A lot of people get these confused.

Moderator note: I've updated this post on 2020-10-17 to fix broken links (at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/) to the catfishes mentioned. That said, the new photos displayed cannot be the same as the original pics in the OP, since the fish in these photos were collected after the post was made. ...

Good stuff! It's always good to see real world corroboration of a hypothesis take place!

Feeders are potentially problematic as all sorts of diseases could be present without manifesting themselves. Have you tried earthworms ( night crawlers) my bagarius used to really take them aggressively Indeed. I've yet to have a fish that won't take worms. Earthworms are actually higher in protei...

First time I've measured him since I obtained him almost 2 months ago at 7 inches. He's now 7.5 inches. The biggest difference would have to be how much longer his barbels have gotten. Mine seems to be fairly slow growing as well. I got her in March at 6-7" and at most, she's MAYBE 10" no...

Yes, it's in my inbox somewhere. Will try to actually do something useful with it this week. Sorry if it's slow, but it's one of those "needs a bit of time" emails. I should be able to add at least the ictalurid photos shortly. Cheers, Jools No worries, boss! Just curious what the status ...

I sent the pictures and data in a while ago. Was it received?

It truly is difficult and somewhat frustrating to think how when ordering one of these species your never intirely sure of what your getting. We really aren't terribly sure of the max size of our goonch from Thailand. But anyway I had a question I was hoping you could answer or at least give your i...

I've never heard of the ones coming from India being dwarves, however some sellers still label them that way. Does anyone know somebody who has owned a bagarius that only reached 8 inches in length after several years? I heard of one account on MFK but it was anecdotal. He had one picture and a sto...

Tyty13 wrote:After comparing all of them side by side, like you I see no major differences at all. So this would mean its a good chance that most 'dwarf goonches' from Thailand are actually rutilus. Right?

That is exactly my hypothesis.

Yes we're on the wrong page here... Ok so when you say rutilus I picture this. Do you think that ours will end up looking similar to this. Ours already look just like tiny versions of that. They look exactly the same, just smaller. I took the liberty of running the image you attached through photos...

Shot you a PM about the email, Jools. I see that my rutilus pics aren't working for some reason. I'll be sure to get you some good ones in the email. An interesting point to note at this juncture is that if my supposition about the 'dwarf' goonches being juvenile rutilus is correct, the Ben Lee's pi...

Ok that leaves me with this. I've seen pictures of rutilus specimens 26inches... And some say they get even bigger. Do you think the way yours looks now is how it's going to stay, or do u think its appearance is still changing As it grows its proportions will change somewhat I believe, as all fish ...

Such as a the dorsal should become taller and the pectoral should have the tentacle extending off them. I think you're really over thinking this. Your fish is built like it is because it's tiny. It's a baby. As he grows, he'll thicken up and will appear more squat like mine. Things like fin tentacl...

While at 6" it was pretty spot on for what we consider a 'dwarf', it is now 10" and perfectly matches the description for rutilus, right down to the distinctive orange fins. I actually owe Jools some pictures but forgot until now. I'll have to get that email sent off. Sorry Jools, been bus...

I'm about 99% certain yours is the same thing as mine, which means that it would be a Thai strain. The color and pattern is exactly the same as mine was when I first got her. The similarity is striking, the only difference is that mine was a bit thicker. I'd imagine that given enough time, yours wil...

Interesting stuff & well written! Thank you! :D I worked for quite some time on this one. I began the endeavor under the guise of authoring a comprehensive guide to identify the various species, but the more I learned the more confused I became. This article is the end result of my research. :)...