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Rhamdella?

Posted: 12 Jun 2011, 23:10
by Dave Rinaldo
Just showing the length of caudal.
8.25" TL
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Re: Rhamdella?

Posted: 13 Jun 2011, 13:05
by Viktor Jarikov
I had 3 of these - bought from CT. One of them had a clearly and significantly longer hind half of the body and the caudal fin. Other than that, all 3 looked identical.

Re: Rhamdella?

Posted: 25 Nov 2011, 17:30
by Bijn
A little bit late, but it seems like we have the same species. I never thought they would grow that big. Mine are still a lot smaller.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 98#p227798

Re: Rhamdella?

Posted: 25 Nov 2011, 19:53
by Jools
Wow, that's a fish. These things are a nightmare to ID, but the long adipose base would seem to indicate ?

Jools

Re: Rhamdella?

Posted: 25 Nov 2011, 20:05
by Bijn
They look a lot like the fish pictured as Rhamdella leptosoma. Sadly the tail isn't intact. The dark patch in the dorsal is a match.

http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/sample ... ridae.html

Re: Rhamdella?

Posted: 25 Nov 2011, 23:38
by The.Dark.One
Some of these showed up in the UK last year. The males get very long caudal lobes. I have a very bad pic of lovely adult male that belonged to Ian Fuller. They are a Pimelodella according to a heptapterid ichthyologist I contacted but he could not ID it to species level.

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Re: Rhamdella?

Posted: 25 Nov 2011, 23:40
by Bijn
He looks like he's a lot bigger than my male, how big is he?

Re: Rhamdella?

Posted: 25 Nov 2011, 23:44
by The.Dark.One
From memory I think he was about 14 or 15cm SL.