Which Twig Catfish ?

FuglyDragon · Post by **FuglyDragon** » 27 Nov 2005, 06:56

Vitatta ?

I know its not the best Pic, but does the top photo look like a pair ?

ACE1 · Post by **ACE1** » 27 Nov 2005, 08:24

looks like farlowella acus to me but cant tell if they are a pair.

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 27 Nov 2005, 11:19

According to Shane, Farlowella acus isn't exported to the hobby.

The fish look like F.vittata to me.

I would say you had two males there. The fish in the second photo is definately a male, but if the other one also has a short hairy rostrum (looks like that in the first pic) then that's a male too.

A close up of the other fish should tell us.

Post by **Shane** » 27 Nov 2005, 15:38

As Racoll said, most certainly F. vittatus. Looks like two males. F. acus is endangered and now limited to a few streams in the Lake Valencia and upper Rio Tuy basins. It is not exported as an aquarium fish. It is also easily identifiable by its very short, broad rostrum.
See this photo.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/lo ... /777_5.PHP
-Shane