Clarias liocephalus, need info

featherback · Post by **featherback** » 19 Sep 2007, 23:39

I can get some Clarias liocephalus, but I have a hard time finding any info or photos of them. Can anyone help me out?

Post by **Silurus** » 20 Sep 2007, 00:09

They look like any other Clarias:

I am quite sure care would be like any other members of the genus.

featherback · Post by **featherback** » 20 Sep 2007, 16:36

Thanks. Do you have any info on size?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 20 Sep 2007, 16:44

Fishbase says 32cm TL.

http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/Sp ... hp?id=2313

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Mats

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 20 Sep 2007, 23:00

wich is a quite decent length and much more managable than any other Clarias in the hobby.

I would go for it. maybe you can even breed them and help spread a rare cat (this one is only rarely available; I've never seen em in any LFS) in the hobby.

it sure beats C batrachus or C gariepinus as "keepable Clarias". and a wildform is soooooo much better to look at than all those albino or piebald critters.

go for it

featherback · Post by **featherback** » 21 Sep 2007, 18:07

I agree that a wildform looks better then the pink ones, I might go for it, this is the first time I have ever seen them anywhere.

featherback · Post by **featherback** » 09 Nov 2007, 13:11

I ordered 5 of these. Hopefully they will arrive.

I cannot find it in the Cat-eLog, is there a reason why? Like is liocephalus a synonym or soemthing?

FB

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 09 Nov 2007, 13:23

As far as I can see, there's no fish in the Cat-eLog that is a synonym of Clarias liocephalus. Probably just that we don't have an entry for this fish. If you can get some decent photos [after making sure the fish is ACTUALLY the rigth species], and send them to Joolas [webmaster (at) planetcatfish (dot) com] with your full name for the "credits", it should be possible to add it to the database. As a general rule, the Cat-eLog only "adds" new fish when there is a picture. There are some exceptions, but the common way to "get new fish in" is to send a picture (or multiple shots) to Jools with the name of the species. Then I usually add additional info from Fishbase, Books etc to "improve" the data.

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Mats

featherback · Post by **featherback** » 09 Nov 2007, 14:00

Ok, great. I'd be happy to contribute. When I get them I'll post pics here and we can identify them.

FB

featherback · Post by **featherback** » 23 Nov 2007, 08:17

I got them yesterday, 3 tiny ones and 1 a little bigger, still very small. They are pink, but fortunately they have blck eyes. I am not sure what to look for id-wise, but I think they are a little more slender and their headshape is different from C. batrachus. But it may be almost ten years since I've kept C. batrachus this size so it's hard to tell.

I will try to posa a pic.

FB