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What are the most commonly asked about catfish?
Posted: 22 May 2005, 17:07
by Jools
To improve this forum's sticky (
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 5440#35440 ), I'm looking for suggestions on what fish are commonly asked about in this forum. I will then add them to the sticky and hopefully avoid a few similar posts.
I would suggest that Horabagrus brachysoma, Mystus Leucophasis and the common pleco would be some? ANy more suggestions?
Jools
Posted: 22 May 2005, 17:10
by Silurus
Gibbys
Common syno species (S. eupterus, S. nigrita)
Channel cats
Posted: 22 May 2005, 19:30
by sidguppy
Silver sharks (Arius seemanni, Hexanematichthys?)
King Tiger Pleco (Panaque sp LDA01)
Synodontis njassae! WITH a picture of a true one.
because way too many people lug around with hybrids (or even genuine Tanganyikan Syno's); foisted off on them by unsuspecting, unknowing or unscrupulous LFS-shopkeepers.....
Pangasius hypopthalmus "P sutchi"
Ancistrus sp "domesticus"; Common Brown Bristlenose.
there must be at least 2-3 dozen posts about this fish, especially young individuals with their characteristic light tailmarkings tend to be bought as some "rare L-number".
Pimelodus pictus.
I've seen too many people buying Arius or worse, because they expect to get this 5" well-suitable Amazonian, instead of a potential marine 2-footer or worse.
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus!
Bullheads, brown or black (Ameiurus spp).
often channelcats are bought when people seek these.
Posted: 22 May 2005, 23:12
by Jools
Just to clarify, I meant species that we are commonly asked to ID in this forum, as opposed to species we are commonly asked about across the whole forum - that's a whole different thing!
Posted: 23 May 2005, 00:11
by Silurus
I still stand by my list.
Especially the synos (and very especially S. eupterus).
Posted: 09 Jun 2005, 17:29
by Jools
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Jools
USD catfish
Posted: 09 Jun 2005, 18:05
by zenyfish
Posted: 09 Jun 2005, 20:14
by Fish Demon
Corydoras trilineatus.
Posted: 09 Jun 2005, 21:12
by Jools
Fish Demon wrote:Corydoras trilineatus.
I might have missed it, but I can't ever remember seeing a what is my catfish on this species? Bearing mind we are trying to distill the common ones only.
Jools
Re: USD catfish
Posted: 09 Jun 2005, 21:15
by Jools
Not sure about the first two, can't remeber many post on them at all, I do think we get a few on the clown pleco though.
Jools
Posted: 10 Jun 2005, 01:45
by natefrog
C. aeneus
Posted: 10 Jun 2005, 04:06
by Fish Demon
Jools wrote:Fish Demon wrote:Corydoras trilineatus.
I might have missed it, but I can't ever remember seeing a what is my catfish on this species? Bearing mind we are trying to distill the common ones only.
Jools
That's because most people who own this species think they have
C. julii. Here are just some of the threads on the subject:
C.trilineatus or C.Julii?
Doubt again: julii or trilineatus?
pls identify my cory:)
Corydoras julii or trilineatus?
Cory Julii?
Really C. julii?
Cory ID - julii, trilineatus?
Posted: 10 Jun 2005, 05:16
by Caol_ila
hmm coming from that common pleco "group"
P.joselimaianus?
Posted: 10 Jun 2005, 12:53
by racoll
Not catfish, but definately the Balitorid hillstream loaches such as Beaufortia kweichowensis and Gastromyzon sp should be included.
Posted: 10 Jun 2005, 14:08
by Jools
Fair comment! Its in.
Jools
Posted: 10 Jun 2005, 15:01
by Jools
racoll wrote:Not catfish, but definately the Balitorid hillstream loaches such as Beaufortia kweichowensis and Gastromyzon sp should be included.
Agreed.
Jools
Posted: 11 Jun 2005, 18:16
by Jools
This is an interesting point. The darker fish is the one we'd call P. pardalis. The lighter one has sometimes been labelled as a snow king, but I've "lumped" in with P. pardalis (compare with the real snow king (I think!)
- note spotted as opposed to reticulated head).
What I am strongly unsure of is the statement about P. scrophus, (a) becuase I've never seen farm raised P. scrophus and (b) I see no P. scrophus charactersitics in the "hybrid".
So, if we accept the darker fish is P. pardalis, the lighter fish we don't know what it is and must be "P. sp"?
Jools
Posted: 11 Jun 2005, 21:23
by bronzefry
Jools,
Chaetostoma sp.
Posted: 12 Jun 2005, 13:43
by Chrysichthys
Getting back to synos, I would nominate
, if a definitive photo exists.
Posted: 13 Jun 2005, 10:44
by Jools
OK, I have changed the sticky in this forum to reflect these. All mods can edit or add to that sticky if we see a particular need to add a species.
Jools
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