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ID catfish from Congo?
Posted: 07 Sep 2013, 13:56
by nötter
Can someone help me identify this catfish? Length is about 30 cm. Here are some pictures of it.
Re: ID catfish from Congo?
Posted: 07 Sep 2013, 14:58
by unblinded
It's a Chrysichtys species. Maybe
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Re: ID catfish from Congo?
Posted: 07 Sep 2013, 15:36
by nötter
It is at least 10 years old and has not grown larger than the 30 cm.
Re: ID catfish from Congo?
Posted: 07 Sep 2013, 16:00
by unblinded
Re: ID catfish from Congo?
Posted: 07 Sep 2013, 17:26
by nötter
Thanks. It is instructive. Obviously it is difficult to know the exact species. Should there be any benefit from the more precise identification if I could find out where it was caught in the Congo?
Re: ID catfish from Congo?
Posted: 07 Sep 2013, 22:38
by Viktor Jarikov
AFAIK, they are notoriously hard to ID. I had two 1' ones (scattered throughout the photos):
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... pportunity
One was just killed by one of my jaus:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =8&t=38993
The other one is ok. Similarly to yours, they appear to not want to grow beyond 1' even in a 1500 gal pond. I still don't know what species they are.
