"white spotted cat" Moved: The quick find topic

[aquariumhobbyist]

a) white spotted catfish
b) a short bodied, plump looking catfish with a black body and white spots, has "whiskers" although short. They were huddled together at the base of the sump tower in a corner at the LFS (probably due to a lack of hiding spots)

[Martin S]

a) white spotted catfish
b) a short bodied, plump looking catfish with a black body and white spots, has "whiskers" although short. They were huddled together at the base of the sump tower in a corner at the LFS (probably due to a lack of hiding spots)

How about

Agamyxis pectinifrons

?

[aquariumhobbyist]

a) white spotted catfish
b) a short bodied, plump looking catfish with a black body and white spots, has "whiskers" although short. They were huddled together at the base of the sump tower in a corner at the LFS (probably due to a lack of hiding spots)

How about

Agamyxis pectinifrons

?

I did come across this fish and the other one from the genus. The markings definitely fit the bill but I am not sure about the body. The ones in the pictures look too fat, though I could be wrong. It's probably either A. pectinifrons or A. albomaculatus or maybe both... I couldn't make out any differences between the two from the pictures and the description says pretty much the same thing.

Any possibility of being another species (perhaps a juvenile synodontis of some kind, though they are very active and these guys were just lying about all day).

[Martin S]

There are other photos, but they do tend to get 'chunky' as they grow, so the small ones you see in a bare tank, all cramming to hide under each other, can look very different from specimens who have been in a tank with places to hide and sufficient food. Without a photo, it's only a guess, but these do come up for sale and are the only black with white spotted fish I can think of that are reasonably 'common' to see in a LFS. Oh and I would think almost 99.9% sure its A.pectinifrons and not A.albomaculatus.

[jodilynn]

"Dotty" my spotted Raphael, literally looks like a hockey puck with fins. The are very chubby little cats as they get older.

The Spotted Raphaels are commonly seen aquarium fish.

I agree with the previous posts, they are probably juveniles and will fill out as they get older.