New Gorgeous cat please help!

[Hudson Ensz]

Caught him yesterday

[Jools]

A baby

Leiarius pictus

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Jools

[JoePlec]

Wow.. stunning fish. Looks like its going to grow fast.

[macvsog23]

I have only seen a few of theses lovely fish in captivity.

They are amazing as are all pims but sadly out of the bounds of most fish keepers due to size.
Like most pims they can become quite smart.
Sadly some one brought a Red Tail Cat in to the LFS were I work and I only work Sundays but I have got it to eat from my fingers and also to swim through a hole I make with my hands

[exasperatus2002]

One of my favorite pims. Sadly to large for me.

[arthos]

Great cat, i saw it recently on a retail list in Germany 4 about 200 euro....

[JoePlec]

I have only seen a few of theses lovely fish in captivity.

They are amazing as are all pims but sadly out of the bounds of most fish keepers due to size.
Like most pims they can become quite smart.
Sadly some one brought a Red Tail Cat in to the LFS were I work and I only work Sundays but I have got it to eat from my fingers and also to swim through a hole I make with my hands

Bob your wasted mate, you need to get on britians got talent.

[RickE]

Bob your wasted mate, you need to get on britians got talent.

[Hudson Ensz]

Thank you all! He is hiding right now but in a few days he should be out and about.
I just whish they stayed this small, and looked the same as adults.
Thanks again.

[Viktor Jarikov]

Wow, speachless. Never seen a baby I guess. So pretty and so much unlike my three L. pictuses - I can barely see the "saddle" lighter-colored band on them and the spots of the dorsal (they are 1', 1.5', and 2'). Is this usual with these fish, i.e., such an outstanding clear pattern in young and a nearly complete loss of it in sub-adults and adults? Or is it that this fella is wild-caught or freshly caught?

[Viktor Jarikov]

Great cat, i saw it recently on a retail list in Germany 4 about 200 euro....

mine were $60 (2', was 1.5' at then time of purchase, - trade-in form a LFS)
$75 (~1' from AmazonTropical, boughyt on-line)
$100 (~1.5' from Shark Aquarium, hillside NJ, greater NYC)

[Hudson Ensz]

Thank you! I have asked several fisherman if they had ever seen one, noone recognizes it in its "juvi stage"

[nicofish]

stunning l. pictus.
hudson, I looking at all your collecting pictures, and decided there is no wayy I am staying in the US. when im done with high school im out. I think ill go down to peru my home country, but brazil is looking nicer.

[Hudson Ensz]

Thank you! Everyone in Manaus would love to go to the US but they dont know what they are missing!