Giant Agamyxis?

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 07 Aug 2004, 09:30

A while ago I saw some fish, just called Talking catfish, which looked like Agamyxis pectinifrons, but were about 8 inches long. Could these have been ? The Cat-eLog doesn't give a size for that species.

Post by **Silurus** » 07 Aug 2004, 11:42

They could be either one of the two, since the two species reportedly reach the same max size.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 09 Aug 2004, 22:07

I have seen one (and only one, MANY years ago) that was about 8" TL.

Jools

coelacanth · Post by **coelacanth** » 11 Aug 2004, 13:01

Could these not be Acanthodoras? I've seen some where the colour pattern could be confused with Agamyxis at a glance. A single Agamyxis of that size would be remarkable, more than one would be unheard of.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 11 Aug 2004, 22:00

I'm pretty sure it was an Agamyxis, if it had been anything less ordinary there would have been more of a fuss about it for sure. It was brought into the LFS (when I worked in it) when a guy was clearing out a big tank. I used to spend ages looking at all catfish that came in, in the (usually vain) hope that I would spot something odd.

I'm not saying it wasn't an Acanthodoras, but I knew what one of them was back then and I didn't think it was anything but a big (old) Agamyxis.

Jools

coelacanth · Post by **coelacanth** » 12 Aug 2004, 13:05

Jools wrote:I'm not saying it wasn't an Acanthodoras, but I knew what one of them was back then and I didn't think it was anything but a big (old) Agamyxis.

No, I was referring to the fish in the original query from Chrysichthys. He mentioned that there were some fish (suggesting more than just a single oversize individual). There are always occasional huge specimens that appear, I've seen Platydoras that could have been mistaken for half-grown Megalodoras, and there was a Liosomadoras for sale once at a BAF that was in excess of 12" in length. I've seen freshly imnported Acanthodoras at around 6-7 inches that were difficult to pin even to a genus at first because they were still a bit 'rough around the edges', which is why I suggested this as a possibility.

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 13 Aug 2004, 13:37

I'm almost certain they are Agamyxis; they look identical to it except for the large size.