They do resemble A. cf. cirrhosus, but there are a number of species that look similar. Do you know if these are captive bred or wild caught?

Cheers, Eric

How big is it? I'm leaning towards L002 based on the facial lines. Does it have alternating red and white bands on fins?

Cheers, Eric

Hi desskit, You're right there isn't much info on them. Did you check out this? https://www.loricariidae.info/rhadinoloricaria-sp-caqueta Keep in mind that websites may be recording max size as SL and retailers usually list TL. That might contribute to the size discrepancy. Good luck with them! Eric

Hi Ray, This is a clown pleco, Panaqolus maccus or L448 . I struggle to tell them apart, but reportedly, we get more L448 imported into the USA. Your fish is fat (which might mean it's female), but the photos also appear to show odontodes on the body flanks, so I'm leaning towards male. Cheers, Eric

Sure. Will send it tomorrow when I'm back at work.

Cheers, Eric

In case anyone has trouble seeing the fish, I photoshopped one of the pics.

Lubich, C. C., Martins, A. R., Freitas, C. E., Hurd, L. E., & Siqueira-Souza, F. K. (2021). A candiru, Paracanthopoma sp.(Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), associated with a thorny catfish, Doras phlyzakion (Siluriformes: Doradidae), in a tributary of the middle Rio Negro, Brazilian Amazon. Acta ...

Novák, J., Hofmann, J., Hohl, D., Magalhães, A. L. B., & Patoka, J. (2021). Enigmatic armoured catfishes (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae and Loricariidae) in ornamental aquaculture: A new insight into Neotropical fish diversity. Aquaculture , 737460. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/p...

I've had plecos survive out of water for over an hour. They were stubbornly hiding deep in caves that I had emptied out of tanks. Over an hour later, I see the fish are still in the caves so I returned the caves to the tank. Nobody died. I'm really glad you found your fish and that it survived. Let'...

I tend to agree with the above. But I tend to broaden this a bit because I do not spawn my fish in pairs but in small groups. Over time who is spawning with whom is impossible to determine. However, I will move offspring out of breeding tanks to grow tanks before that are able to spawn. If do not r...

The steep nose makes me think Hypancistrus furunculus, but IDK. The colors don't look right for that species

Good luck,
Eric

Hi badmammabear,

That fish is a suncat, Horabagrus brachysoma.

It does look horribly unwell, but as you say, maybe this individual just likes to rest in unsettling positions.

Good luck with it.

Cheers, Eric

Nice set up!

Ltygress wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:59 pm Where do you upload images here? When I choose "add image" it just opens a window for a URL.

When typing a post, click on the "Full Editor & Preview" button under your typing field, then look for a tab underneath labeled "attachments."

Dang. Sorry TTA.

And here is a video presentation of the author's PhD dissertation defense, which includes info on walking catfishes:
https://youtu.be/kIDwIj_WJOA

Bressman, N. R., Morrison, C. H., & Ashley-Ross, M. A. (2021). Reffling: A Novel Locomotor Behavior Used by Neotropical Armored Catfishes (Loricariidae) in Terrestrial Environments. Ichthyology & Herpetology, 109 (2), 608-625. https://doi.org/10.1643/i2020084 https://meridian.allenpress.com/...

Bell, E. A., Butler, C. L., Oliveira, C., Marburger, S., Yant, L., & Taylor, M. I. (2021). Transposable element annotation in non‐model species‐the benefits of species‐specific repeat libraries using semi‐automated EDTA and DeepTE de novo pipelines. Molecular Ecology Resources . 18 August 2021 h...

By the way, do you know of a good hosting site for photos that does NOT replace them with their logo these days? Sorry I don't (I don't use image hosting sites, except here and I post on FB as " Bekateen's FishRoom "). But people can upload images directly here. And if they do it, the pho...

This is actually one I don't agree with in any form. There is no way to know if the wild-caught parents are from the same lineage or not. Not all fish are migratory, meaning they will make their home right around the same location where they are hatched. The chances of breeding with their own paren...