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torbanite wrote:1) Hemi-
2) car -> Vauxhall velox..?
3) VW Beetle -> Bembidion velox?
5) browser -> Firefox -> Vulpes velox ?
Looking at the build of the fish, velox (fast/speedy) seems an appropriate name..(not so sure about the Vauxhall).

Hemibagrus velox

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That's good reasoning!

Vauxhall Velox was indeed the car with the correct name, so I take it you knew after clue 2?
The VW Beetle surprised me, for I was leading you towards the VW Fox. You got there via "our" browser anyway. From there a swift (velox) fox could be found. I was about to add a Suzuki car (Swift). No longer necessary.

Your turn!

I hadn't heard of a VW Fox.. I dimly recall that they still made Beetles in Brazil & Mexico until quite recently.

Anyway, new fish:

i) You may find me at 6000 feet.?!
ii) Add an 's' to my name and I turn into a mint.
iii) They say that where I come from it is eternally spring.
iv) I have no adipose fin
v) I am critically endangered (IUCN Red List)

Marc van Arc wrote:

Silurus mento

Correct
Mentos mints.
Kunming "City of Eternal Spring", capital of Yunnan Province, China.
Lake Dian Elev. 6189' is badly polluted.
The cat-e-log refers to "Sea of Tien [Tien Chih]" & the IUCN Red List entry refers to "Lake Dianchi", but I'm fairly certain these names all refer to one and the same place.

Next!

New fish:

1) I share my species name with quite a few other (cat-)fishes
2) If you take the preference of the riddler into account, I'm not that hard to guess

Ageneiosus vittatus?

Jools

Jools wrote:Ageneiosus vittatus?

Although vittatus is indeed common, this species name is even more common imo.
It's shared with a Callichthyidae, Doradidae and Ictaluridae (a.o.)

Auchenipterichthys punctatus

Bas Pels wrote:Auchenipterichthys punctatus

That's

Your turn, Bas. Less difficult than last time pls

Marc van Arc wrote:Although vittatus is indeed common, this species name is even more common imo.

There are four vittatus and 2 vittata in the catelog...

Jools

Jools wrote:

Marc van Arc wrote:Although vittatus is indeed common, this species name is even more common imo.

There are four vittatus and 2 vittata in the catelog... Jools

Sorry my friend, this is what I found - only Clog entries, not even the endless FB list.......














and of course the winner

And while at it:

shows an incorrect "hover picture", namely that of

Marc van Arc wrote:

Bas Pels wrote:Auchenipterichthys punctatus

That's

Your turn, Bas. Less difficult than last time pls

I really expected to have an easy one - but apparently I think along different lines then some - and that would explain why I was unable to answer earlier. The new one:

1 nobody keeps me
2 I share my name with a very popular fish
3 I like it salty

I've spotted three possible candidates already,

but let's begin with

nope

although obscure, I'm not that obscure. I have life pictures in the Cat e log

maybe then?

that's the one - maculatus, the common platyfish

hurray!

I was thinking you would rather choose the Pangasius than the platy

new fish coming tonight, as I have to go to work now!

Marc van Arc wrote:Sorry my friend, this is what I found - only Clog entries, not even the endless FB list.......

Yes, well that's more than 4! It's a fair cop.

Jools

DutchFry wrote:
I was thinking you would rather choose the Pangasius than the platy

Obviously I was thinking about the Pangasius as a very popular fish on the dinner plate, not in the aquarium ;)

new fish!

* I am a pleco
* I was described by Castelnau
* I am a true winner! (slightly cryptic)

that's the one

New fish:

1) Genus name: something's missing
2) Species name: Morris
3) Most people (still) know me under a different name

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Just a first guess...
morris... hmm, do you mean morris, the famous Comic-drawer (R.I.P.)?
there are too much famous morris-guys out there!

fischkringli wrote:

Hemidoras morrisi

? Just a first guess...morris... hmm, do you mean morris, the famous Comic-drawer (R.I.P.)?
there are too much famous morris-guys out there!

I'm looking for a Morris car (type).
Ready for your second guess.

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I'm good on the car ones!

Jools

Winner

Your turn.

Will go for it soon, but do we have a list of all species guess to date to ensure I don't chose one already guessed?

Jools

Wondered if anyone was using this anymore...
Previously Listed Catfish

I'm a rarely seen flat pleco without spots, my patterning isn't too colourful but not really like anything else. I don't have head tentacles or a scientific name.

Jools