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Clarias liocephalus, or not?
Posted: 23 Nov 2007, 16:26
by featherback
Posted: 23 Nov 2007, 18:33
by Dave Rinaldo
Maybe the "mottled" form of
Posted: 23 Nov 2007, 18:40
by featherback
I want to add a link to this thread and here's the last post, they are supposed to be
C. liocephalus...
"...I am not sure what to look for id-wise, but I think they are a little more slender and their headshape is different from
C. batrachus. But it may be almost ten years since I've kept
C. batrachus this size so it's hard to tell."
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... hp?t=21105
Posted: 23 Nov 2007, 19:48
by Marc van Arc
I truly wonder why anyone would breed xanthoristic or mottled C. liocephalus, when there already are C. batrachus like that. So imo your fishes belong to the latter species.
Posted: 23 Nov 2007, 20:08
by featherback
Yea, that's what worries me too. I was really sceptical when I got them, but they are chez bred, so I should have known. I still think they might be liocephalus, as they had several batrachus'es listed too.
Posted: 23 Nov 2007, 22:28
by Marc van Arc
featherback wrote: but they are chez bred
Reading this - Czech-made - makes me even more convinced that they are C. batrachus, despite the other listings. Sorry, I hope the LFS didn't rip you off.
