A visit to Utaka, Amersfoort, the Netherlands

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A visit to Utaka, Amersfoort, the Netherlands

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I went to a nice little fishshop today and took pictures of some of the catfish they offer:

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Ageneiosus marmoratus!
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Centromochlus heckelii
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behind the Ageneiosus is another Auchenipterid, I can see the tail of Tracheliopterichthys taeniatus.....

nice Hoplosternum littorale btw; haven't seen those in ages.

the big spotty one, a Syno?
he's turning his head away.....
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fixed that ;)
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How big were the Ageneiosus, Arjan?

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oh boy, I forgot to ask or to take some measurements myself.
I'd say about 20 cm
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This is almost too tempting.....
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yeah, I know.
I bit on my fist several times.
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Wich specie of Doradid is that on picture taken 16/12/2011/15:19 ?
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kruseman wrote:I went to a nice little fishshop today and took pictures of some of the catfish they offer:
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Nice selection!
I can't quite make out what the fish above are?
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Martin S wrote:I can't quite make out what the fish above are?
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Phyllonemus wrote:Wich specie of Doradid is that on picture taken 16/12/2011/15:19 ?
Megalodoras uranoscopus
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Silurus wrote:
Martin S wrote:I can't quite make out what the fish above are?
Thanks HH.

I did wonder (honest!) if it was - it reminded me of Chrysichthys or even Goldiella, but haven't seen either of these so small before.

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The shop is still there.

Some new pictures:

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Some kind of Loricariidae
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Synodontis
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Mastiglanis
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non-catfishAcnodon . How cool is that??
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Those acnodon are great....Utaka is a great shop, lots of nice 'stuff'....
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