Need help on identification

Marco1980 · Post by **Marco1980** » 31 Mar 2018, 15:03

I'm trying to studie some fishes of river Kwanza, near Luanda, Angola, and yesterday in a restaurante near the river I saw a cafish that I couldn't identify... https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9Yon-lyeHVE/ ... 08_600.jpg

who can help me?

Marco1980 · Post by **Marco1980** » 31 Mar 2018, 16:56

I need help with the one on the left side

YouTube · Post by **bekateen** » 31 Mar 2018, 18:03

Hi Marco1980,

There's not much to go on from your photo to get to species level. But I think it looks like an .

GBIF lists three species collected in Angola.

Only has been collected near your location.

Cheers, Eric

YouTube · Post by **bekateen** » 31 Mar 2018, 19:38

@Birger, any thoughts?

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 01 Apr 2018, 11:02

How about a young ? Need more pics to even get close...

Jools

Viktor Jarikov · Post by **Viktor Jarikov** » 02 Apr 2018, 01:36

Hard to tell for me too. My first thought is big-eyed African catfish aka Chrysichthys genus.

N0body Of The Goat · Post by **N0body Of The Goat** » 02 Apr 2018, 06:14

Hard to say from that photo, but it reminds me of my during its rapid grown spurt over the first two years I had it, where it grew from ~3cm SL to ~20cm SL (now ~25cm SL and nearly six years old).

Chilo_glanis · Post by **Chilo_glanis** » 02 Apr 2018, 08:37

Just a wild shot in the dark but could it be a ? Although, I can't really see the origin of the adipose fine.

Marco1980 · Post by **Marco1980** » 02 Apr 2018, 08:46

Hi,

After reading, comparing photos, see the geographic destribution I voted to for Amphilius maybe A. uranoscopus, because it's the one that was found in river Kwanza, like all Amphilius it has dorsal eyes, ... Thank you all for the help.
In the same photo there are also Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus
Best regards

Post by **Birger** » 02 Apr 2018, 15:52

What I thought of was a young clarias as soon as I saw it.
Regardless of species it needs some growth to make an ID I think.

Birger

Fishmandavew · Post by **Fishmandavew** » 29 Apr 2018, 23:19

Very late in on this one but would be interested to know what it turned out to be cos what it looks like, it cant be, simply because of the location - a very young chrysichthys graueri, so next choice would be ornatus or clarotes laticeps a good call. Doesnt look like amphilius to me though, from width of mouth to head, size of eyes and the distinct scale of the pectoral lead

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