Itaya River Wood catfish

[Domaku]

Had my local fish connection pick them up from segrest farms a couple days ago and the order list had them only labeled as itaya River catfish. Looking for help with a positive ID.

[Martin S]

Nice find. Almost definitely a

Centromochlus

or

Tatia

(but would suspect the former). As to which one, it's hard to tell from the photos, my suggestion would be

Centromochlus macracanthus

but it could very well be an undescribed species! The name is not helpful either, as there don't appear to be many fish found in the Ataya (only three species listed) and none of these are

Auchenipteridae

.
How many do you have? Be good to see photos of these as they grow and put on weight. Please keep us updated on their progress.
HTH
Martin

[nvcichlids]

I am with martin on the suggestion, though it could be an unde..

[Domaku]

I will be sure to, they seem very thin. I have a pair of them. Hopefully they will make it. I've had them a couple days so far. They react well to food but have to be nearby to try and eat it. Compared to the pair of honeycomb catfish I house them with they aren't really gluttons. I'll do my best to document them.

[Domaku]

So here's an update, after a successful move from GA to FL and a bit over a month or so I have an image of my illusive woodcatfish. I will be adding photos to the header of the thread and will have them dated accordingly.

These fish are extremely cautious when feeding time comes around with the exception of being presented dried bloodworms and dried daphnia.

I have not seen this fish for weeks and was only assured it was alive by lack of a corpse.