I've had a few of these Costatus over the years, the last of which is around 8 inches long and 14 years old, last survivor of the 4 I bought back in 1993 at around 2 inches long.... he's eatten literally everything I put in the tank small enough to fit in his mouth!! including some neons I thought ...

I've been scrounging around trying to get the pet store to order me in some more Raphael-style cats... I started off in 1993 with 4 of them, 2 Agamyxis Pectinfrons and 2 Platydorus Costatus, only 1 of which is still alive today (are these things really SUPPOSED to live to be 14 years old?) he's ...

Astrodoras asterifrons comes from the Rio Negro and looks *similar* Scorpiodoras heckelii is the most likely candidate I saw for both region and appearance and the photo here on PlanetCatfish of Hypodoras forficulatus appeared to be a dead, dried up specimen and could have looked quite a bit ...