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Salmon Catfish
Posted: 15 Apr 2004, 03:00
by kennyo
Hi, I saw a Salmon Catfish at my LFS and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with them. I know it is one of the Australian Arius species, but I'm not sure if it is Arius berneyi or Arius graefei. It was black with shprt barbels and a large mouth. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, KennyO
Posted: 15 Apr 2004, 20:08
by kennyo
Anyone willing to help??
Posted: 15 Apr 2004, 23:07
by sidguppy
AFAIK the Salmon Cat is A berneyi, but I'm not that great wioth common names.....
but there was a guy talking about these on another forum, and I got interested; he was Australian and kept native fish.
What he told was that it's an easygoing, peaceful fish, less brackish than the South American Arius seemanni. But still a big one, about 1,5 foot if I remember correct.
Arius cats like that do like company. There's only 1 at the store?
Posted: 16 Apr 2004, 15:57
by Silurus
The differences between A. berneyi and A. graeffei are in the Cat-eLog (or will be soon, since I wrote the data subs). The problem is that all Australian ariids are called salmon-tailed cats, although the two species mentioned above are the most commonly encountered in the trade.
Posted: 16 Apr 2004, 18:47
by kennyo
Thank you very much!