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I purchased this Catfish under the name Armored Catfish. I refered to my axelrod atlas and compared it to the Callichthys callichthys Photo's and they look similiar but differant.

It looks more like a Hoplosternum Pectorale but jet black. Anybody know? Its about 5 1/2 inches long.

Whatever he is he's a beautiful fish and seems to fit the personality of my tank perfectly.
Hungry sucker too

Hi!

It looks like Hoplosternum littoral to me!
How big is it?
Cheers
Yann

Looks very much like Hoplosternum littoral

Ian

That's what I thought. Just the color on this one is alot darker. He's around 5 1/2 to 6 inches.

Hi!

The Mergus Index Book features a "Hoplosternum thoracata var. niger" i cant remeber the right latin name cauz i dont have the book here. But it looks like the black Hoplo in the book. Ive been searching for these for a while and noone had ever seen them.
Nice fish!

<i>Hoplosternum</i> tend to become more uniformly-colored with age. Besides, the fish in the Mergus Atlas isn't black but a very dark brown anyway.