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Sorry the pics are so big

Looks like a Chaca chaca to me

Whatever species, that substrate is far from ideal, small round grain sand is what should be used for Chaca species

he is now in a tank with sugar (feather) sand which he constantly burys in, so often that I rarely see him that's why Ive posted these pics from when I first got him and he was still in quarantine

Coloration and the general pattern of the fimbriae on the head suggests that this is .

Agreed with Silurus - the shape of the head, colour, lateral line and lack of numerous cirri all suggest C. bankanensis. Most of the aquarium literature however have pictures of C. bankanensis labelled as C. chaca, especially older stuff.

Chacidae wrote:Agreed with Silurus - the shape of the head, colour, lateral line and lack of numerous cirri all suggest C. bankanensis. Most of the aquarium literature however have pictures of C. bankanensis labelled as C. chaca, especially older stuff.

Older literature often has many poor identifications - luckily we have resource available like PC which can identify species correctly & address discrepancies where they occur

You may find this useful:

http://www.scotcat.com/articles/article90.htm

There is a section on differentiating the species.

I should have mentioned that SC article too. A very good read indeed.

Older literature often has many poor identifications - luckily we have resource available like PC which can identify species correctly & address discrepancies where they occur

And forum members to help out!

dpk2313: how is the lil' fella doing?