Nicely done, Viktor! Thanks for going to the trouble to produce this, indeed a very practical guide to identify the most commonly available giraffe catfish in the trade. I completely agree with the conclusions reached in the video. Since scientific analysis of the various species found in auchenogla...

Giant bufonis(Colombia).jpg Again a photo from my 'wish list' archives. This fish is said to be a p. bufonis from Colombia. That said, there are 3 other species of pseudopimelodus endemic to Colombia, most never seen in the trade and as most pseudopimelodus species so closely resemble each other th...

Giant-p.-mungurus.jpg I'm inclined to agree with bekateen, the fish shown most closely resembles p. bufonis to me but they rarely grow past 23cm TL. I raised a p. bufonis variant to 28cm TL for many years and that being the largest I've seen. P. mangurus grow much larger, the Cat-elog shows them to...

Thank You! Cheers, Kirk

Thanks Eric for posting this! Having a keen interest in these species and a keeper of some I find the revision to include Batrochoglaninae as a new category of description of great interest among other aspects of this study. I too would be greatly interested in getting a PDF copy if possible?

this is s. batensoda

El bailar de los pleco's, que magnifico! Es possible en Iquitos solamente y en PlanetCatfish también! Confirms some stories I've heard about Iquitos

NOVIA JUMBO (25 CM) 5 - 5 OCT 2012.jpg About batrochoglanis being near Iquitos? There is an exporter said to be near Iquitos in Loreto named 'Acuario La Tahuampa SAC and there is a website under that name. In their list of recent arrivals (not recent) or their photo gallery you, or anyone will see ...

I liked seeing the BBC video for the first time, especially since it uses a flathead catfish as it's my favorite species I fish for on the Lower Colorado River on the Cali/Arizona border. The first catfish I ever kept as a pet was a black bullhead I caught as a young boy, kept it in a washtub in my ...

Great, I applaud your decision! To me it would be such a shame for those little beauties to end up in formalin. I've noticed the you sell your amazing list of captive bred pleco's and Cory's. Should you at some point consider selling the batrochoglanis', there is a market for them with commensurate ...

Hey Eric, It has been my experience with cephalosilirus that they will not coexist peacefully with any congener of pseudopimelodidae and adult batrochoglanis will not tolerate conspecifics. My first question to my supplier as he had 2 specimens was are they in the same tank? His reply was yes but wi...

IMG_0492.jpg I noted with great interest the batrochglanis specimens found in Iquitos from the Rio Nanay. Having kept several species of pseudopimelodus and batrochoglanis that came from Peru, many shown in the Cat-eLog and of the focus of my collection of South American species. The batrochoglanis...

At a glance it does seem to be a pseudopimelodus species but as Viktor notes it does seem larger then p. bufonis as their adult sizes rarely exceed 23 cm (9") TL. I once had a darker version of p. bufonis that grew to 28 cm (11") TL. Without seeing a horizontal profile to reveal markings a...

Continuing on, identifying batrochoglanis sp. from anywhere can be difficult, from Peru more so as much research show only 2 species found there, the more common b. raninus and b. villosus. I know fore sure more can be found there but little or no data exists that I can find. I do have on file many ...

IMG_0450.jpg After looking for years I finally found this Batrochoglanis species, the last time I found any batrochoglanis for sale anywhere, other than the common b. raninus was in 2016, got it then and sadly, lost it last year. I'll start with the photos taken yesterday when I received it: [attac...

I have all or most of Dr. Shibatta's papers of his scientific discoveries of new genus' and many new species along with revisions as with the one quoted, due to my keen interest in pseudopimelodidae and the genus batrochoglanis in particular. The short answer is no, batrochoglanis sp(1) and my speci...

Yes a bargain and no need for a pool! What you have is parauchenoglanis monkei and/or parauchenoglanis guttatus. According to the latest revision (2004), "A systematic revision of the African genus Parauchenoglanis" by Dr. TomGeerinckx and colleagues, p. monkei is a synonym of p. guttatus....

I agree with amiidae that the fish is likely the same as the photo's, also knowing the upper photo is distorted as is another I found on the same fish. Amiidae has amazing photo skills by the way! Looking again at the original photo's of the new fish and the light tip of the dorsal fin, the banded c...

Amiidae makes an interesting observation about the lack of underbite, the pigmentation on the upper part of the dorsal fin may also be a clue? Agreed that a better profile photo would help too. If it's not c. apurensis then it would likely be a rare batrochoglanis species and won't get nearly as lar...

First a correction, no such thing as c. transmontanus, I confused it with batrochoglanis transmontanus, I meant c. albomarginatus as you've mentioned. A great source on cephalosilurus is Wolfgang Ros who's kept 3 of the cephalosilurus species and has written several articles about same. He has menti...

Presumably this is the same fish that came from Peru? It is most likely c. apurensis and appears so from the photos. C. nigricaudus exist in Suriname so it's unlikely one would be transshipped to Peru. C. nigricaudus (latin translation is "black tail"), have distinctly black colouration on...

Thanks Jools for posting the IBAMA approved export list, many questions now answered from past inquiries on the subject as a result. No wonder a c. fowleri hasn't shown up for sale in recent years, being banned from export. Also notable and missing from the same list are two pseudopimelodus species,...

I also checked fish base and other sources and no, c. apurensis are not known to exist in Peru, only in Venezuela, sorry to mislead. Likely your two were imported into Peru as happens with some Brazilian species at times too, in particular rare species banned from export by Brazil it seems. Last tim...

C. fowleri exist in only one river system in Brazil, the Sao Francisco in the southeastern part of the country so it's unlikely that the fish will be genuine c. fowleri. I have a c. fowleri 10 years on now and I haven't seen one available since. C. apurensis are more common and come from Peru and Ve...

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Thanks Viktor for your post and Jools for revising the Cat-eLog information. A couple of last pic's from 2010 when she was in my care @18" TL…

Hey, thanks! At least for once I was able to I.D. a fish before Viktor did!

The more I look around it may just be calophysus macropterus, a.k.a.- Vulture Catfish?

A random LFS find, never seen one like it. Looks like a pimelodus species but doesn't resemble anything I've seen in the cat-eLog. The LFS supplier/importer claims it came from Peru. It's around 5" (12cm.) in length. Anyway here's some pic's from the LFS before i took it home… P7312257.JPG P731...

In my experience some species of catfish can easily recognize faces as well, reacting quite differently between myself or other people approaching their tank whether at feeding time or not. In addition they can more closely determine human I.D. by virtue of their acute sense of smell and taste when ...