L3, L128, L052

Come along to this great event. Show some fish and/or buy/sell some catfish and loach related items! Some unusual fish will be available and on show! See link to schedule for more details. Catfish and Loach we know are coming: Pseudacanthicus L065 (tb), Ancistrus sp. Rio Paraguay (tb), Panaqolus sp....

Brilliant pics. What camera do you use?

If by longnose you mean what I would call hognosed (the acutus group etc) then the only ones Ive kept are sarareensis. The males were very aggressive with each other and would use their bristly pectoral fin spines and cheeks to spar with each other.

Thanks for the heads up. They are using my images too. I have sent an email.

Thanks Mats. Yes, if they spawn again I will do it differently

An update. The egges were fertile (pic taken showing fry developing). I rescued some and put them in a breeding net. The ones left in the tank were eaten by the female. She then decided to jump into the breeding net in the night and eat the others!

One. The posterior processess of the coracoids are longer and more prominent in coracoideus (hence the name).

From memory I think the anal fin ray count is different too.

Well there's not just one world first but another. Followed by wrasse's success with C. schultzi my Spinipterus acsi were thrashing about in the floating plant on Thursday night and today I have found loads of eggs on the substrate. Unfortunately the eggs don't look viable to me. See images below. I...

Bunocephalus colombianus IMO, going by the shape of the head

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Difficult to say for sure but I think fish #6 and 3 could be C096.

Obviously there will be people who sit on either side of the issue about the usefulness of in-depth water chemistry readings etc. I admit that it is useful to know in what conditions the fish live in, in the wild. But even I (who has a very basic understanding of water chemistry - see below) realise...

H. formosa? - based on pattern on head (especially supraoccipital spot), in dorsal fin?

The Evers and Seidel Baensch catfish atlas Vol 1 says 24-28 dec C, a species tank, strong current, loads of algae.

yeah, one of the elegans group. Probably napoensis

I didn't think Chaetostoma have evertible cheek odontodes? Looks more like an Ancistrus or Hopliancistrus to me?

The definite male is about 10.5cm TL. The 'female' is about 9cm SL. Goodness man, how do you get them so big in such a short time? I take it they have a tank for themselves? Anyway, my sincere compliments for this achievement. Thanks Marc. No, they are in a 4 foot tank with lots of other catfish, s...

Marc van Arc wrote:Steve, what is the TL of the pictured specimens?

The definite male is about 10.5cm TL. The 'female' is about 9cm SL.

Definite male above. The other I'm not sure yet. It could be an immature male. The anal fin isn't developed but shows slight signs of doing so. I'm trying to compare the genital openings: Male: http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r126/TheDarkOne_photo/SpinipterusOtorongoadultmaleanalfin_zpsdfe37000.j...

Update on the Spinipterus sp Otorongo. This: http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r126/TheDarkOne_photo/DSCN6907001.jpg Turned into this: http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r126/TheDarkOne_photo/SpinipterusOtorongoadultmale_zps2914048a.jpg And this: http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r126/TheDarkOne_p...