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Trachelyopterus sp.
Posted: 12 Apr 2014, 08:39
by amiidae
Came in as Colombia cat.
Trachelyopterus insignis ? Trachelyopterus fisheri ? or something else ?
Re: Trachelyopterus sp.
Posted: 15 Apr 2014, 13:02
by amiidae
Any input ?
Re: Trachelyopterus sp.
Posted: 15 Apr 2014, 18:29
by Animusartificio
It's fisheri IMO. They've been bred regularly here.
Re: Trachelyopterus sp.
Posted: 16 Apr 2014, 12:32
by amiidae
Bred in Indo ! WOW !!
I am quite surprise as they are offered here for the very first time (I think).
Re: Trachelyopterus sp.
Posted: 16 Apr 2014, 14:17
by Silurus
amiidae wrote:
I am quite surprise as they are offered here for the very first time (I think).
I don't think so. The one I bought a few months ago is a male that is starting to look like this (with the kinked dorsal spine and pronounced nuchal hump). Their being bred in Indonesia may explain the small size and low price.
Re: Trachelyopterus sp.
Posted: 16 Apr 2014, 20:21
by Animusartificio
amiidae wrote:Bred in Indo ! WOW !!
I am quite surprise as they are offered here for the very first time (I think).
Yes! They came more than a year ago from Colombia in small numbers & months later my friend sent me a photo of a juvenile. This is the first time i've seen a local bred woodcat quite popular here (still not too popular compared to large Pimelodid though), just what intermedia, exilis and morrowi had not.
Silurus wrote:I don't think so. The one I bought a few months ago is a male that is starting to look like this (with the kinked dorsal spine and pronounced nuchal hump). Their being bred in Indonesia may explain the small size and low price.
You got the point! They start to sell it from 7cm TL size here.
Re: Trachelyopterus sp.
Posted: 17 Apr 2014, 00:32
by amiidae
Animusartificio wrote: They start to sell it from 7cm TL size here.
Thats what I saw here at the beginning but I wasnt sure of the ID.
They look like Trachelyopterus galeatus but their behavior seem otherwise as they were constantly moving around.
Silurus wrote:I don't think so. The one I bought a few months ago is a male that is starting to look like this (with the kinked dorsal spine and pronounced nuchal hump). Their being bred in Indonesia may explain the small size and low price.
Some LFS (C328, AH) stock very small specimen that came in as "galaxy catfish" then another batch (much larger fish) few mth later (imported by QH as Colombia cat). I believe they were fm the same batch and had grown over time (some stores still stuck with unsold first batch).