Hoplo ID please - Porthol calixto

bsfoord · Post by **bsfoord** » 01 Aug 2006, 21:05

Hi all,

Can anyone ID this hoplo that is due to be shipped in from Peru soon!

They name it Porthol calixto

Sorry about the picture but its the only one the exporter had.

Thanks
Barry

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/albu ... pic_id=670

Post by **Silurus** » 01 Aug 2006, 22:41

bsfoord · Post by **bsfoord** » 01 Aug 2006, 23:22

At last I've been looking for these for 4 years!
I thought that it looked like Lepthoplosternum pectorale

Barry

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 01 Aug 2006, 23:25

bsfoord wrote:I thought that it looked like Lepthoplosternum pectorale

I think it is L. pectorale

bsfoord · Post by **bsfoord** » 01 Aug 2006, 23:48

The more I look at this one I'm sure it Lepthoplosternum pectorale

http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/lepth ... orale.html

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 01 Aug 2006, 23:54

easiest way to see if it's Lepthoplosternum or callichthys: take a pic from the belly.

if it has visible 'pectoral shields' it's lepthoplosternum; if it seems to lack those and the entire belly looks like it's just skin: callichthys.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 02 Aug 2006, 09:48

As with previous ID question, it's unlikely to be L. pectorale due to locality of the exporter... [Either that, or my geography of South America is completely screwed up and Peru is on the South-Eastern side of SA!

]

Lepthoplosternum beni would be a possibility - Fishbase - not much details tho'.
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Mats

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 02 Aug 2006, 11:42

Whether L.pectorale or L.beni, the point is that it's not Callichthys callichthys, which is the main interest of the initial poster. The body is too high, the tail is not rounded enough and the eyes are placed differently.
I've been fooled too many times: thinking I came home with Callichthys and then it turned out to be some Lepthoplosternum .....

Daniel Machado · Post by **Daniel Machado** » 03 Aug 2006, 01:21

Yup... I agree it's not a Callichthys. The eyes are too big for this species... It should look like this:

Best regards.

Daniel.

bsfoord · Post by **bsfoord** » 19 Aug 2006, 16:16

SUCCESS!!

The catfish arrived yesterday afternoon at

Wholesale Tropicals
http://www.tropicalfishfinder.co.uk/sho ... l.asp?id=6

I went to see them today and they are definitely Callichthys
Long body, small eyes... So I got 3 pairs.

I'll post some piccys after they've settled down.

Barry