ID of SA "ripsaw" catfish - more pics

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Daniel Machado
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ID of SA "ripsaw" catfish - more pics

Post by Daniel Machado »

Hi all.

Long time no see... :oops:

Can someone ID my ripsaw catfish? Comes from the amazon basin, is all I know for sure. It's an awesome cat too. :P

Juvenile specimen:
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My specimen, from the same batch:
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Any thoughts? :?

Best regards.

Daniel.
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Post by Marc van Arc »

Hi Daniel,
Surely you already knew it's from the Doradidae family. My guess would be young Anadoras grypus, but I'm not 100% sure.
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Post by Daniel Machado »

Marc,

The only thing I know for sure is that it's a Doradid. It looks like the drawings I've seen of Megalodoras francisci, BTW, but I'm just guessing... :wink:

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Post by Silurus »

I think you meant Franciscodoras marmoratus, and while I agree that it looks very close to Franciscodoras (Anadoras has a shorter adipose fin), that genus is only known from the Rio São Francisco basin.
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Post by Silurus »

From the shape of the humeral process, I suspect you have a juvenile Hypodoras forficulatus.
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Post by Daniel Machado »

Maybe it is... But it's 6" long already. Bigger than Hypodoras forficulatus according to the cat-e-log. Gonna confirm the right origin with the lfs. The employee said "amazon", but who knows... Could be from São Francisco Basin too. :wink:

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Post by Daniel Machado »

Couldn't find out the exact origin of the fish, but here goes another pic of it, after the adaptation period:

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Post by corybreed »

Daniel,

Very nice fish. We do not see many unusual Doradidae here in the States.

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One more pic...

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Post by Silurus »

Looks more like Franciscodoras now.
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Post by Daniel Machado »

Silurus,

I think the LFS employee gave me wrong info... These fishes came from a distributor/wholesaler in SE Brazil. They just assumed it's from the North/Amazon, but they are probably collected locally. I'll keep you updated, to make it easier to ID. My cat is a real PIG... :P

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My cat is a real PIG...
..and it looks like one too :lol: You should see my pair of Pterodoras granulosus after they have had whole banana for meal.
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Post by Daniel Machado »

A few more pics... :P

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What do you think? :wink:

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One more... Taken at night.

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Post by LimaShovel »

looks kind of creepy. but I think its what silurus said.
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Post by Daniel Machado »

No more thoughts? :ohwell:

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Post by Jools »

We should really add this to the catelog you know, it's not a species we have and I'd be tempted now to call it Franciscodoras...

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Post by Daniel Machado »

Jools,

It got nicer after it settled down, didn't it? Gonna send you the pics ASAP. :wink:

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