thread on common belly patterns

[andywoolloo]

does anyone remember the thread on someone trying to get their common identified where someone put some excellant info on different belly patterns? Silirus or racoli maybe? I have been searching and searching and I thought i bookmarked it but didn't. It described the diff swirls or patterns very well.

[MatsP]

That should be in the Cat-eLog under

Pterygoplichthys pardalis

or

Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus

- in fact, I just checked and P. pardalis has a link to a Zootaxa document describing the differences.

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Mats

[andywoolloo]

yes, that Zoo taxa is great but this was in someones writing in the text of a post of a thread and it was so good. Was more helpful even then Zootaxa is that's possible.

[Silurus]

I do not recall such a post. However, this illustrates the differences more clearly.

[andywoolloo]

thank you very much, that is good. I will let you all know if i find the thread from here ever.

[racoll]

Was it here? http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/cotm. ... cle_id=366

Don't recall ever going into more detail than one in spotted and one is squiggly, but as long as the fish is over about 6" it seems to work.

[andywoolloo]

no, but thank you. It was in someones post who was trying to id their fish, so I have been searching what is my catfish but i cannot locate it. it was someones answer and it was so great.

[MatsP]

Well, the simple answer is that a "swirly pattern" is a P. disjunctivus, spotted is P. pardalis (and we're following the BLACK pattern, not the white, as one could consider teh P. pardalis to have a swirily white patter, and a P. disjunctivus to have white spots on the belly).

Silurus's link is better than the Cat-eLog link, but both are clear on the difference.

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Mats

[andywoolloo]

I think that is my main problem , the black from the white.