fish ID

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http://aquafin.web.infoseek.co.jp/cat/catfish-top.html shows a fish i'm not familiar with...? it is supposedly imparfinis...any thoughts?
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Re: fish ID

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Looks more like a Chasmocranus to me.
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Silurus wrote:Looks more like a Chasmocranus to me.
I haven't a clue, but it is the first time i've seen such a fish picured - looks like it's time to google Chasmocranus :D
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Re: fish ID

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It's there or thereabouts :thumbsup:

C. Longior pic in fishbase looks a different species to the C.Longior in cat-e-log (cat-e-log being a much longer fish [pic 1]), but this isn't neccessarily the species ID.
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