Need ID on a few catfishes please

CatfishAttack · Post by **CatfishAttack** » 22 Aug 2006, 22:10

Hello

Can someone please help me identify those 3 catfishes on the top http://www.wallpaperfishtalk.com/freshw ... rium8.html

and the one on bottom left corner?
http://www.wallpaperfishtalk.com/freshw ... rium4.html

I got the pictures from a Taiwanese magazine company and need some help with their ID. Thanks.

zenyfish · Post by **zenyfish** » 22 Aug 2006, 23:24

Top left

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 23 Aug 2006, 09:24

The middle one on the top row is . It is given the sp(number) name because it's not identified which species it is.

The third one on the top row is some form of - not one that is listed in the Cat-eLog as far as I can tell...

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Mats

CatfishAttack · Post by **CatfishAttack** » 23 Aug 2006, 15:56

MatsP wrote:The middle one on the top row is
Hypostomus sp(7)
. It is given the sp(number) name because it's not identified which species it is.

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Mats

Just curious, does it have a common name?

Updated the names on the page, Thanks Mats and zenyfish

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 23 Aug 2006, 16:04

I'm not aware of any common names for either of the fish I referred to.

Common names, I think, are pretty useless anyways, as they tend to vary from one region to another, and are often used for several similar species without distinction, so don't have much real meaning...

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Mats

H.N · Post by **H.N** » 23 Aug 2006, 16:52

MatsP wrote: The third one on the top row is some form of
Pseudacanthicus
- not one that is listed in the Cat-eLog as far as I can tell...

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Mats

I think that fish is a Megalancistrus sp. from Rio San Francisco, Brazil.