Catfish ID needed

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fishman33437
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Catfish ID needed

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B. yarelli or B. bagarius?
The first photo is today the bottom one is two weeks ago.

Any way to tell yet?


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Post by Silurus »

The question of how many valid Bagarius and their identities has always been a vexing one. Since I don't want to fill up the this post explaining the problems in Bagarius classification and how many species I think there are, I would say that your fish best fits what is now called B. yarrelli.
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Thanks
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