Am I a TSN Catfish??

CYard · Post by **CYard** » 03 Jul 2006, 05:26

Thanks!!

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 03 Jul 2006, 09:07

Yes. http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=329

taksan · Post by **taksan** » 06 Jul 2006, 08:27

Don't think so ....
try
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=778

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 06 Jul 2006, 09:10

taksan wrote:Don't think so ....
try
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... es _id=778

That may be true, but on what basis do you think it is P. corruscans rather than P. tigrinum?

taksan · Post by **taksan** » 06 Jul 2006, 10:22

Errrr... its got spots not stripes

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 06 Jul 2006, 10:34

Fair enough. I based my opinion on picture 11 of P. tigrinum in the Cat-eLog (juvenile). Too bad there isn't a young P. corruscans in the Cat-eLog. Anyway, it is a TSN

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CEfire · Post by **CEfire** » 06 Jul 2006, 16:00

I would agree that this definitely, at least on pattern, resembles a TSN juvenille. Do the black and white stripes change to the adult vertical barring or are there color variations in this fish?

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 06 Jul 2006, 21:29

Marc van Arc wrote: Anyway, it is a TSN .

Taksan,
This may probably cause unwanted confusion. What I meant is:
it is A tiger shovelnose, whether corruscans, tigrinum or fasciatum. I didn't realize that the common name TSN is only used for tigrinum and fasciatum and not for corruscans....
Sorry about that.

taksan · Post by **taksan** » 07 Jul 2006, 05:01

I believe the only true TSN is the tigrinum ... the fasciatum is called a False tiger shovelnose. The corruscans usualy isn't seen.
Big big difference in size between these 3 types. Tigrinums don't grow that big (90cm would be a big one) compared to fasciatums (120cm but heavy body) which are smaller then corruscans which grow really really big ...like 150cm+ foot and 40kgs.
None of them are really tank fish anyhow best kept in ponds or tubs.