Hi there,

lovely fish... Looks like littorale to me and a male as well.

Barry

Hi all,

I'll try and take some pics of my catfish in the next few weeks and post them.

Barry

Hi there, Bought most from Wholesale Tropical but 25% came from other sources... The altamazonicum were from WT definitely and at first glance DO look different (they've been in one of my 'dirty tanks' ie loads of algae / loads of loam for the last year and have doubled in size - nearly full grown ...

Hi Mats,

I'll be attempting to photograph my collection shortly:
Consists of

Lepthoplosternum pectorale
L. altamazonicum (was sold as this)
Megalichthys thoracata
M. picta
Hoplosternum littorale
H. punctatum
Callichthys callichthys
Dianema longibarbus

So I'll send copies as well

Barry

Hi all,

Has anyone got any pictures of the following species of Lepthoplosternum

beni
altamazonicum
tordilho
stellatum
ucamara

that they could send me?

Regards,
Barry

Hi there,

I emailed Roberto Reis and got the PDF version..

Regards,
Barry

I'm no expert, but that looks like picta to me. It also looks to me as if the dorsal fin has been cut off or otherwise damaged. All four of the cats have always had that very low dorsal fin. I must admit that when I saw the first one, I too thought that it was damaged but all four? and 6 months ...

Hi there, I brought 5 'hoplos' 18 months ago 1 turned out to be a normal 'thoracata' type and 4 are like the pictures below! Is it M picta as the sight atlas.drpez.org suggests or another species ? All of the 4 have the very low dorsal... http://atlas.drpez.org/Megalechis-personata-fotos/aao http ...

Does anyone have access to the pdf version of the whole paper?

Does anyone know where I can obtain the full article?

Hi Ian,

Just had a look at Trimar in Cornwall website

http://www.tropicalfish.org.uk/tropical.htm

And they have them in stock and do mail order.

Regards,
Barry

:D SUCCESS!! :D The catfish arrived yesterday afternoon at Wholesale Tropicals http://www.tropicalfishfinder.co.uk/shops_detail.asp?id=6 I went to see them today and they are definitely Callichthys Long body, small eyes... So I got 3 pairs. I'll post some piccys after they've settled down. Barry :D

Thanks for putting me straight on that one Mats

The more I look at this one I'm sure it Lepthoplosternum pectorale

http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/lepth ... orale.html

Thanks,

The verdict was out on this one! but I thought that it might be Lepthoplosternum pectorale

http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/lepth ... orale.html

At last I've been looking for these for 4 years!
I thought that it looked like Lepthoplosternum pectorale

Barry

Hi all,

Can anyone ID this hoplo that is due to be shipped in from Peru soon!

They name it Porthol yellow

Sorry about the picture but its the only one the exporter had.

Thanks
Barry

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/albu ... pic_id=671

Hi all,

Can anyone ID this hoplo that is due to be shipped in from Peru soon!

They name it Porthol calixto

Sorry about the picture but its the only one the exporter had.

Thanks
Barry

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/albu ... pic_id=670

Hi there,

Are the Callichthys caliichthys still for sale?
I've been hunting for these for years!!

Barry

Hi there, Terry at Wholesale Tropical hasn't got any Callichthys at the moment, I visit him regularly and will post when he has. Monty at Trimar.co.uk had some about a month ago, but I just missed out!, once again if I hear of any in stock will post. To continue the subject of Hoplos...does anyone ...

Hi there,

I believe this is a thoracatum, could you confirm.
It was being sold as Callichthys.

By the was does anyone know where in the UK I can source Callichthys?

Regards,
Barry.

Hi there, I'm a newbie to this forum and haven't even introduced myself yet. The link didn't work for me but try this one http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loricari/ancistru/275_f.php I've never had much luck with this variety myself, some of the specialist shops occasionally stock it (very small ...