pseudohemiodon apithanos vs marbled

[jamesleagas]

HELLO THANKS FOR LOOKING, CAN ANYONE CONFIRM THE ID OF THIS FISH PICTURED? IS IT A CHAMELEON WHIPTAIL OR CHAMELEON WHIPTAIL MARBLED SP?

[racoll]

You have the

Pseudohemiodon sp`marbled`

, as the head shape is rounded rather than triangular. I wrote a few articles on these (take a look at the cat-elog page for the Catfish of the Month).

Enjoy them, they are nice fish. Easy to breed. Buy more if you can.

Please try not to write in ALL CAPS, or to double post.

[jamesleagas]

hi thank you for confirming this sorry about the double post. haven't a clue how or why that happened ill try remove one if i can figure it out.

this fish isn't mine, i currently have standard type whiptails and looking to expand. this is just a random picture and wasn't sure. can the 2 type breed together as thats my aim

[racoll]

sorry about the double post.

No worries. It happens

this fish isn't mine, i currently have standard type whiptails and looking to expand. this is just a random picture and wasn't sure.

Not sure I understand. What is random about the picture? This is a picture of the specific fish you are interested in buying? Or you just want to know about how to tell the two species apart?

can the 2 type breed together as thats my aim

Not sure what you mean here either. What is your aim exactly? You wish to deliberately create interspecific hybrids?

[jamesleagas]

right, sorry, made a right mess of that post.

my aim is to gain a breeding group, dont want any cross breeding or anything. by "random picture" its a picture i found on the internet and this one seems pretty similar to both varieties, just the speckled cheeks separate them to my relatively untrained eye.

[racoll]

and this one seems pretty similar to both varieties, just the speckled cheeks separate them to my relatively untrained eye.

Yes, the "speckled cheeks" combined with a brownish base colour and a more rounded head shape indicate that it is the marbled species.

[jamesleagas]

That's great thank you for your time