Birger wrote:Make sure it is not one of the hybrids already in
Send a picture or pictures with an explanation, following the directions in the link below for sending images.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/general/ge ... cle_id=397

Jools
Birger wrote:Make sure it is not one of the hybrids already in
Send a picture or pictures with an explanation, following the directions in the link below for sending images.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/general/ge ... cle_id=397
I am. I've seen dozens of the subject fish (adult and sub-adult) - they all look as in the photos I provided. Body shape is indeed similar but the markings are crude, large, irregular - nothing as regular, dense, and beautiful as on the hybrid you linked. I think the straw-man hypothesis on Pimelodus sp_hybrid(1) is a cross between a TSN and a smallish pim (i.e., Pimelodus), like a blochii. Now, why would anyone cross TSN with a small fish for food purposes, I don't know.Jools wrote: Also are we sure it's not ?
Many of the mods can add new species and pictures to the cat-elog an even wider group can edit the species data. But it's really only me or Birger that actually do add species. Marc does a lot of work with synonyms. If you send the pictures to me, along with anything to get added to the species record, I will add them. I need the full name / permission of the photographer. A note, in that email, to the data contained in this thread (or better yet, just copy it in) would help. One thing that makes life hard for me is when something needs done and all the data for it is across several emails and forum posts.Viktor Jarikov wrote:I have no clue how this works - I've never worked with any official/mod/etc. on adding a new species to Cat-eLog. Naively, I think that since Marc van Arc and Shane are the mods of this forum, you may contact them directly via pm or email and get things going. I am sure Jools and Birger are interested but likely stretched thin... as usual.
I think this question can be considered answered then.Jools wrote:Are you sure it's not in the cat-elog already?