what am I?

DutchFry · Post by **DutchFry** » 21 Aug 2009, 17:36

(steal

)

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 21 Aug 2009, 19:13

Dutchfry:

Synodontis euptera (steal )

That's it!

Clue round-up:
a. I'm a frequently mentioned catfish but I'm not available as often as my name is used. Usually hybrids
b. I'm associated with birds in name only. Featherfin
c. As my type locality, I live in an area of the world that been having a rough time since 2003. I live away from the conflict but it's happening in my country.
Sudan, White Nile
d. I was discovered just over a hundred years ago. 1901
e. I look very different when young.
f. I have an overused common name. It's written on many tanks at fish stores but rarely accurately.Usually hybrids

All yours Dutchfry!
Here's the updated list :
Previously Listed Catfish

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 24 Aug 2009, 12:55

Just a little nudge to DutchFry...

DutchFry · Post by **DutchFry** » 25 Aug 2009, 09:51

excuse me (again!) busy busy busy....

new fish!

- according to my genus name, i have 'good lips'

- I'm a suckermouth but not a Loricariid
- I come from an area which has a rich history on the civil war part at least....

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 25 Aug 2009, 17:09

?

DutchFry · Post by **DutchFry** » 25 Aug 2009, 17:18

very good Richard!

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 26 Aug 2009, 13:07

Presuming from above that i'm right here is the next one..

I live with Frank Sinatra....? You might think i'm the best friend of Buzz!

These next hints are extremely tenuous (sorry) - i don't hail from the same place as Kal-El & haven't been in the Phantom Zone. I also am not really like an instrument played by Sir Patrick Moore.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 26 Aug 2009, 18:54

Xylophone? ?

Jools

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 26 Aug 2009, 20:20

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 27 Aug 2009, 13:07

torbanite wrote:
Xyliphius kryptos

Indeed yes

- crikey, the calibre of people guessing is unbelievable - i thought that was a little bit trickier???

live with Frank Sinatra....? ('ol blue eyes - blue eye panaque comes from the same place - Maracaibo . Woody is best mates with Buzz Greek, xyliphion, meaning a piece of wood; in reference to the overall appearance. .)You might think i'm the best friend of Buzz!

These next hints are extremely tenuous (sorry) - i don't hail from the same place as Kal-El & haven't been in the Phantom Zone. (Krypton - a bit like kryptos?)I also am not really like an instrument played by Sir Patrick Moore. (Xyliphius - xylophone)
Presuming from above that i'm right here is the next one..

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 27 Aug 2009, 13:18

Jools wrote:Xylophone?
Synodontis xiphias
?

Jools

As Roy Walker might say... "it's good, but it's not right!"

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 27 Aug 2009, 20:49

Richard B wrote:
torbanite wrote:
Xyliphius kryptos

Indeed yes

I should probably be embarrassed that I got the Planet Krypton reference..

Previously Listed Catfish

New fish (actually it is quite an "old" fish in terms of its description date)
ii) I was described by someone born in Småland.
iii) I am a beautiful fish x2, from the family of beautiful fishes.

Who am I?

fischkringli · Post by **fischkringli** » 28 Aug 2009, 16:38

the "someone", who was born in smaland is definetly Carl von Linné.
So I would say or

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 28 Aug 2009, 17:37

fischkringli wrote:the "someone", who was born in smaland is definetly Carl von Linné.
So I would say
Silurus glanis
or
Silurus asotus

Linnaeus is the right describer

.. but Siluridae is the wrong family.

Siluridae are beautiful fishes I'm sure, but Siluridae doesn't mean beautiful fishes. So neither of your suggestions would satisfy clue iii).

iv) I build bubble nests.

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 29 Aug 2009, 00:42

?

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 29 Aug 2009, 14:15

L number Banana wrote:
Callichthys callichthys
?

That's the one

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 30 Aug 2009, 15:25

Previously Listed Catfish

New fish:
1. My home area has seen Le Griffon and is home to a Royal Navy 1780 warship.
2. My range is huge, it extends from bannock to fried chicken, west to the best beef and down as far south as gumbo.
3. Several people keep my kind but I'm somewhat rare. Too bad since I'm a nice little fish that uses less energy than your average aquarium fish.
4. Invasive gobies are taking over most of my Northern habitat.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 30 Aug 2009, 17:13

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 31 Aug 2009, 12:22

Marc:

Noturus stigmosus

Not quite. See clue #1 to narrow it down.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 31 Aug 2009, 15:01

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 31 Aug 2009, 23:51

Marc:

Noturus miurus

No but actually this fish almost fits my clues better....

So you got the Great Lakes with HMS Ontario but Le Griffon travelled all of them and used a particular passage to get to the great lakes. And you have to go a wee bit farther west to the best beef in Canada. Birger should be able to search for this fish.
clue 5. My colour describes my name.

Post by **Birger** » 01 Sep 2009, 01:06

Birger should be able to search for this fish.

Actually I considered it...if it is the fish I am thinking of it is still a 4 or 5 hour drive away and is in a river that is actually part of the Mississippi drainage, the Milk River just barely makes it up into Alberta and it is the only native catfish in these parts...otherwise I have to go to southern BC to find introduced species. The Milk River area is also badlands with awesome dinosaur bone hunting and some native pictographs.

Birger

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 01 Sep 2009, 08:12

L number Banana wrote:clue 5. My colour describes my name.

That still leaves some options:

I've been concentrating on the Round Gobies clue, but if I have to pick one of the above based on distribution I'd say it should be

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 02 Sep 2009, 04:00

Birger:

Actually I considered it...if it is the fish I am thinking of it is still a 4 or 5 hour drive away and is in a river that is actually part of the Mississippi drainage, the Milk River just barely makes it up into Alberta and it is the only native catfish in these parts..

Yup but you didn't guess.

Marc:

I've been concentrating on the Round Gobies clue, but if I have to pick one of the above based on distribution I'd say it should be Noturus flavus

That's it, you astute fellow!

The fishermen around here told me two stories - scoop up the gobies and use them for bait or if you're conservation minded, scoop up as many gobies as time will allow and dig a hole to put them in.

I guess the whole shoreline looks like it's moving at certain times and that's the gobies. On a side note several bait shops recognized madtoms from the pictures I brought in and they all have my number - no luck yet. It's possible they all now think I'm that crazy catfish chick...

Guilty as charged.

It's all your Marc, updated in a minute.
Previously Listed Catfish

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 02 Sep 2009, 20:03

New fish:
1) a part of my body has three sides, according to my species name
2) my genus name is a local name and not only used for me
3) for quite some time people thought I was just one species having something to do with Peru

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 03 Sep 2009, 01:15

?

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 03 Sep 2009, 08:05

L number Banana wrote:
Sorubim trigonocephalus
?

Strike

Your turn!

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 05 Sep 2009, 14:02

New Fish:
A. I'm from the land of sugar and bananas, not baguettes.
B. I'm extremely well adapted to hang on in rushing streams where I can eat insects and admire the occasional gold pieces.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 05 Sep 2009, 14:26

?

Jools

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 06 Sep 2009, 00:46

Jools:
Lithoxus planquettei?

That's it!

Nice fish.

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