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Hey guys my ever strange fish guy is getting in a huge order of south American fish which is including the rare blue eyed pleco! I am more than exited to go see these plecos!!! But he is also getting in some not so common fish! Which includes the TRACHELYOPTERUS INSIGNIS
And I see that there are no registered keepers! Is this a rare fish? I probably won't get one I'm just curious they are already a good size 6" plus

Do me/us a favour and try to make a picture of them.
I for one would really like to see them.
And as you already have found out yourself, the fact that no-one currently keeps it makes it a rare import indeed.

i would love to take a picture for anybody interested!

bigamefish wrote:i would love to take a picture for anybody interested!

The Cat-eLog could also use another pic (or two)!

no problem guys i would love to contribute to the site! i`ve been crusing and enjoying the site for some time now! i think its time to give a little! i`ll post a new thread about my visit and post a bunch of pics of some of his current fish! and i`ll take multiple pictures of the TRACHELYOPTERUS INSIGNIS for the cat-eLog

Great. Looking forward to them!

Marc van Arc wrote:Great. Looking forward to them!

haha now you guys have got me all exeited to go get pictures and see them! i wish i had another tank! i would get some! but my tank at the moment is almost overstocked! soon i`ll have to get a 180gal

Keep an eye out on my other post for the pics on Saturday or sunday

ok well here they are! Not the best pictures but i was surprised that they were even this good!

The dark stripe on the back confuses me a little, but by the looks I'd say it is

That's kind of what I thought but I took some pics any way!

I've studied all Trachelyopterus (Parauchenipterus) species and made some comparisons and based on those (relative length of post cleithral process, angle of postemporal supracleithral process, lower jaw strongly projecting, anal fin ray count) these key out to be insignis (which is very similar to fisheri).There are a couple of other similar species in the region but I think these are likely to be insignis. IMO the clog image of insignis is doubtfully identified.

The.Dark.One wrote:relative length of post cleithral process, angle of postemporal supracleithral process

OMG, my brain is hurting! D'ya mean that bony bit behind its head?

post cleithral process (red), postemporal supracleithral process (blue)

why, thank you Steven

haha after reading this it seems the original poster goes to the same fish place as mine. Iam away from home and got my parents to pick up the so called TRACHELYOPTERUS INSIGNIS. haha now i know there are a different catfish even tho the fisheri looks very cool regardless.

yadayada wrote:haha after reading this it seems the original poster goes to the same fish place as mine. Iam away from home and got my parents to pick up the so called TRACHELYOPTERUS INSIGNIS. haha now i know there are a different catfish even tho the fisheri looks very cool regardless.

That's cool! Good luck with them! I love the afishionados! And Spencer's a great guy! Enjoy your trip to the shop! I know I always do !