Mats has posted elsewhere with a few details but to highlight some of the fish seen...
At Wheatley there were some
& in a tank of C.Axelrodi was an oddity which i think was
.
At St Albans was a stunning unidentified syno which looked like it was a genuine fully adult male
(small spot variant). Also good sized & well marked
&
. In one tank was Pitramutra sp which is actually
& there was a whole tank chock-a-block with tiny
.
At Wildwoods were some beautiful full grown
& L134, 128, 200, ....the list goes on & on for L No's! Some
, a large
, a single rita, possibly
(i think it was labelled velvet Rita or similar), a single pseudopimelodus most closely resembling
, but the individual was darker all round. A couple of fish labelled Hemibagrus Olyrus (fighting catfish) but i'm not sure if they were
or an Olyra species - they appeared stubbier than the species in cat-e-log. A tank of small (& some very well marked)
. To be honest there was a whole range of great cats & if you've not been Wildwoods is well worth a specific visit.
Amwell had some w/c tang synos: petricola, dhonti (Only one that went home with me - although i think it may be
), 'true' polli (not zambian/white), & some that were possibly ilebrevis. Nice, but very expensive fully adult L46, actually a whole range of L No's & others.
The only think i was really uncertain of were at Wildwoods labelled Gagata sp "Black eye" - there were 3-4" TL but the body shape reminded me not of G.cenia but more of
although it may well be a gagata not in cat-e-log.
Thanks to MatsP & Chrysichthys for the company on what was very good day
The simplest plan would be for you to pick me up at the park and ride, and we could take the M40. Maybe stop off at Wheatley on the way.
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