Which Twig Catfish ?

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Which Twig Catfish ?

Post by FuglyDragon »

Vitatta ?

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I know its not the best Pic, but does the top photo look like a pair ?
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Post by ACE1 »

looks like farlowella acus to me but cant tell if they are a pair.
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Post by racoll »

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.
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Post by Shane »

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.
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