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help id a nice catfish :)

Posted: 26 Mar 2004, 19:39
by Strange
A guy here in sweden bought a tank with some fishes, we cant figure out what they are so all help is nice, ill post links to the pics.

1. http://www.lindersson.se/images/Akvariu ... atfish.jpg

2. http://www.lindersson.se/images/Akvariu ... atfish.jpg

3. http://www.lindersson.se/images/Akvarium/blue_pleco.jpg


give us your best shots, and help us figure out what they are :)

//Marcus

Posted: 26 Mar 2004, 19:53
by Silurus
1. Some kind of Clarotes

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Posted: 27 Mar 2004, 23:54
by Anli
Thanks.. I´m the the stunned owner of these ugly creatures...
The Chrysichthys brachynema seems to be a Tangayika catfish thats dwells in the deep.
I have never seen it before... how rare is it? My specimen doesnt eat anything yet... its about 10-11 inches long. Any information should most welcome!
I will try to get a better picture, and then mail it to "FishBase" http://www.fishbase.se/search.cfm
Today I had the opportunity to listen to the famous Sven Kullander, Senior Curator of Ichthyology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, talking about "FishBase" at the "Nordiska ciklid sällskapets" annual conferens. Very interesting, and I found the Chrysichthys brachynema in that database... but no picture (as in planet catfish). I got a bit scared when I saw the possible lenght...77 cm