When they're not searching for food, their snouts look even blunter - like they started out rounded and then rammed head-first into a wall!

Some more photos - excuse the quality as I took them on a phone & these move fast!

They do look like the picture of a C154 on Scot Cat. Will get those pics posted.

Eric, they do all have long heads but blunt snouts, I think. The most similar pictures I've found have been of the c. brevirostris, but there seems to be some variation in spot size (mine are medium and regular) and also whether the spots extend to the gold shoulder strip (mine don't). The largest (...

Thanks, Eric. I really don't know! Their snouts are longer than e.g. the CW010, but not as pointy as brochis splendens. More like a sterbai, I think, but when I go upstairs I'll see if I can get better pics.

Hi, I was looking for some friends for my c. leucomelas but hadn't had any luck. Was in my LFS and saw this group of 3 corys. It turned out that they'd been handed in to the LFS a few days before and no-one knew what they were, so I got them for £1 each :d However, I can't work out what they are. Th...

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Hi all I'm just starting to attempt to spawn my group of hyalobagrus, although I know the chances are very very slim. I got them from two different places and have had some of them for a year or so and some for a few months. I'm 99% sure that they are hyalobagrus flavus, as they look exactly like th...

Hi James. I've only just read this. I had exactly the same problem when I bought two Chameleon Whiptails from my local Maidenhead Aquatic 6 months ago. There were two larger ones and one smaller one. I spent hours researching differences on all Whiptails, just to gain some idea of the possible diffe...

Brilliant news! I'm currently wondering how to get my Farlowellas in the mood and had heard horror stories about raising the babies. I've got that type of breeder box already, so am halfway there Well, I just need the fish to get their act together!

OK, so with a lot of reading and looking at all the pictures I could find, I went to the LFS and picked up my pair of pseudohemiodon apithanos. In the end, after everything I have read/seen, it came down to three things - width of body just behind head, width of pelvic girdle and finally the clinche...

Thanks. I have to say, I've bought a fair few wild/imported catfish and these seem in fairly decent condition (well, the two I could see) and at least they're young enough for me to be confident that they will eventually come into breeding condition, given the right conditions. It would be easier if...

Thanks, racoll. Yep, read that article about a million times and read everything I have found on your success with the marbled chameleons! ^:)^ I don't know if you can see, but the first pic shows a hairy lower lip and a fairly bulbous head-shape. The second pic doesn't show it, but by sticking my h...

Hi all Please can someone help. My LFS has just received a shipment of p. apithanos. I've been searching for these for ages and I was lucky enough to see the note on the tank before they arrived in the shop :d and was able to reserve 2 of the 3 (given the price of them, this was all I could afford t...

Thought I'd add pictures I took today of the h.gulare as sold by my LFS. As you can see there is a fair amount of difference between these and mine, not least the fact that the lower part of the caudal fin is heavily pigmented in these, rather than having a continuous lateral line through their caud...

Hi all Recently bought a couple of Hypoptopomas - lovely fish and very smart. I bought them as h. gulare, which was fine, but am now having my doubts. Our local LFS has some h. gulare (supposedly) for sale, but they are lacking the clear lateral line that mine show and their caudal fin pigmentation ...

That's a shame. Then it would seem to be coincidence. It would be interesting to hear from more people, either way!

Hi all Just a quick question to check a theory/observation of mine. I have 5 cory trilineatus - 2 males and 3 females. They are all busy spawning at the moment and I don't know whether this affects things. However, I've noticed that my males all have very marked spots on their pelvic fins, whereas t...

Thanks, Karsten. Yes after I posted that, I had a look at f.taphorni and f.curtirostra and re-read the information: realised that when they talked about odontodes on the head, they were nothing like mine, so I was totally wrong :ymblushing: I think you are right, in that it all seems to come down to...

Thanks, Karsten.
Any help you can give me with Twig B would be appreciated!
Petra

Extra pics, in case they help!
Thanks.

Right, Twig B is not F. vittata - I know that much! He is slightly different. Characteristics: - Incomplete row of median scutes - Breeding odontodes are evident at this age (I get the impression he's not yet mature) and he's only about 100-110 mm. His 2nd and 3rd lateral scutes are thickened and fo...

Ah, hang on! Checked out the median scute at the base of the pelvic fins and I don't think mine does have it. Which, with the clear ocellus bar on the caudal fin, would make him F. vittata? Right? Please let me know if I got this one right!

Here are three more pictures of Twig A. If anyone has any ideas or needs any more/better pictures, please just say!
Thanks again.

Hi again Well, it would seem I'm rapidly becoming a Farlowella-obsessive! I went to a (different) LFS today and ended up coming home with two more twigs. These are very definitely different to the 4 I asked about last month and I would really appreciate some help in IDing them. Just as a quick note,...

Not an L215 P Brevis, IMHO. They have stripes, not spotted throughout.

Hi all I have a pair of these lovely fish that I bought from two different sources. They are eating well and I am hoping that they might eventually breed. Neither of them has any obvious odontodes anywhere, but I was hoping that it might be able to sex them as they are both adult size. I've read som...

Sorry to hijack this thread, but I'd love a PDF of the revision of the genus. I am fascinated by the minute differences between these catfish and I'd love to know more!

Hi Thanks for the swift reply! Twigs 1-3 are all about 135-160mm SL. They haven't grown much since I've had them, so I'm inclined to think that they are reaching/have reached adult size. Which would tie in with them being Farlowella henriquei, although their colouring is different to those in the ca...

And, last but not least, my little 3-scuted one. She (I think) has a shorter and more pointed rostrum.