what am I?

[Marc van Arc]

Bunocephalus coracoideus

Common banjo; common tuning for banjos

[L number Banana]

No way Marc, mine's a Craggy Banjo, sounds grand canyon-ish.
Okay, maybe.

[Marc van Arc]

No way Marc, mine's a Craggy Banjo, sounds grand canyon-ish

Yes, I think you're right. Had to look it up (craggy) and it seems more appropriate than the "common" thing.

[torbanite]

You have the right family, but the wrong fishes.

iii) A long (& I mean long) road bridge, completed in 1962 (No, not the Forth Road Bridge )can be found near where I'm at.
iv) Part of the bridge collapsed in 1964 after an unfortunate accident.

[L number Banana]

Dupouyichthys sapito

?
There was a lot of bridges completed that year

[Marc van Arc]

Xyliphius kryptos

[L number Banana]

oo, both venezuela, but mine was caught at the bridge.
Unless of course, I've got the wrong bridge...
edit: aw, phooey, it is the wrong bridge, should have been Maracaibo.

[Marc van Arc]

Apparently both species occur in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela.....
Let's have it: is it the one named after a person or the one that resembles a piece of wood?

[torbanite]

Nope & Nope.

v) Clue i) will give you my species name, but requires a wee bit of lateral thinking.
vi) Half of my Genus is shared with a Genus from one of the larger catfish families.

[Marc van Arc]

Hoplomyzon atrizona

[L number Banana]

Acanthobunocephalus nicoi

?

[Marc van Arc]

the Forth Road Bridge

Btw: nice bridge. Jools is planning a visit to a shop in Fife; I wonder if we're going via that bridge?

[torbanite]

Hoplomyzon atrizona

Wiiner

The Grand Canyon is in the state of Arizona. Add a "T"
Hoplo (as in Hoplosternum).

Bad luck L Num. you nearly had it.

All yours Marc.

[Marc van Arc]

That was quite hectic
If you don't mind I'll come up with a new one tomorrow; it's almost 1 A.M. over here.....

[L number Banana]

Bad luck L Num. you nearly had it.

I was at the point where I was kind of starting from the top of the list

Take your time Marc and congrats, racing puzzles = mental excercise!

[torbanite]

the Forth Road Bridge

Btw: nice bridge. Jools is planning a visit to a shop in Fife; I wonder if we're going via that bridge?

You probably will.. unless he goes the long way round. The shop wouldn't be in Cupar would it? I've been there a few times & they sometimes have some very nice catfish.

[Jools]

the Forth Road Bridge

Btw: nice bridge. Jools is planning a visit to a shop in Fife; I wonder if we're going via that bridge?

Yup.

Jools

[Marc van Arc]

the Forth Road Bridge

Btw: nice bridge. Jools is planning a visit to a shop in Fife; I wonder if we're going via that bridge?

Yup. Jools

Right.... you drive

[L number Banana]

Ahem,...fish?
Iron Madtom

[Marc van Arc]

Take your time Marc

How about that?

Anyway:
1) Even people who should know are puzzled by me.....

[L number Banana]

L number Banana wrote:Take your time Marc

That's 'cos it was getting late. Today is a new day and I saw you were online.
I'll try to be a nicer puzzle-pusher in the future

Lacantunia enigmatica

?

[Marc van Arc]

Lacantunia enigmatica

?

Okay, start pushing yourself. Correct answer

[L number Banana]

Previously Listed Catfish

New Fish:
a) My family is common but I'm not commonly in fish stores.
b) I'd like the leftovers on the workshop floor.

[sidguppy]

a: Loricariid, but an uncommon one (wich kinda narrows it down to 600 species or so)
b: eats wood. some sort of Panaque, or a closely related fish; but for example Sturisoma spp eats wood as well, so does the Gold Nugget Baryancistrus and the Peckoltia's.....

there must be a zillion of these wich aren't common imports....I can think of a whole list of Panaque's for example

we need another hint!

[L number Banana]

Okay I owe you another clue at least because I've made a typo that sort of makes a difference....

New Fish:
a) My family is common but I'm not commonly in fish stores.
b) I'm like the leftovers on the workshop floor.

a) correct
panaque - not correct because of my spelling error!

New clues:
c) I show a distinct somewhat uncommon colour when young.
d) I have a common name that goes with bears.

[L number Banana]

a) My family is common but I'm not commonly in fish stores.
b) I'm like the leftovers on the workshop floor.
c) I show a distinct somewhat uncommon colour when young.
d) I have a common name that goes with bears.


e) My common name is very close to a world famous Dutch band in the early 70's. Twilight pleco is not on the radar.
No more clues - the last one is a gimmie.

[Marc van Arc]

Panaque sp_cf_nigrolineatus`tapajos`

[L number Banana]

oo, so very close!
You obviously got the band clue Not a panaque though.
"I'm like the leftovers on a workshop floor" - latin name reference. Sidguppy was going in the right direction but not such big pieces...

[Marc van Arc]

Scobinancistrus aureatus

[L number Banana]

Scobinancistrus aureatus

That's it!

a) My family is common but I'm not commonly in fish stores. Loricariidae
b) I'm like the leftovers on the workshop floor. Scobis=sawdust
c) I show a distinct somewhat uncommon colour when young. Loses some of it's flaming orange with age.
d) I have a common name that goes with bears. Goldie Locks and the Three Bears
e) My common name is very close to a world famous Dutch band in the early 70's. Twilight pl*co is not on the radar. Golden Earring, songs Twilight Zone and Radar Love.

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