Unknown Central Brazilian catfish...

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Daniel Machado
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Unknown Central Brazilian catfish...

Post by Daniel Machado »

Long time no see... :oops:

A friend caught this specimen in Central Brasil... Only thing I know is that's a nice fishie. :?

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Any ideas on the ID? :mrgreen:

Oh, I noticed the pics become small here... Maybe the links are useful. Images get a lot bigger in the browser. :wink:

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t299/zorodf/fish.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t299 ... ish001.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t299 ... ish003.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t299 ... ish004.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t299 ... ish006.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t299 ... ish005.jpg

Best regards.

Daniel.
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Post by Silurus »

I think this is Glanidium ribeiroi.
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Post by Marc van Arc »

My first impression was
Centromochlus schultzi
or something very close.
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Post by Daniel Machado »

Thanks for the help, guys... The guy who caught it said its colors were identical to these of Tatia simplex, BTW. :mrgreen:

Still don't know exactly what it is, but we have fewer options now. :P

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Post by Marc van Arc »

The larger and fewer spots of your specimen rule out Tatia simplex imo.
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Post by Carp37 »

the caudal fin shape is wrong for Tatia simplex- your specimen has a strongly forked caudal fin without the rounding of fin tips evident in Tatia.
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