what am I?

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 06 May 2009, 22:14

panaque wrote:That one was just too easy obviously.

Maybe.. At least it didn't require knowing the names of (really) obscure bands ^W Artists or contain toothpaste references

Give me a bit to concoct a new one...

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 06 May 2009, 22:41

OK..

i) At first glance, I might be mistaken for a skinny Loricariid, but I'm not from South America.
ii) My species name is an anagram (sorry Marc) of what was claimed to be the first electronic general purpose computer.
iii) I was described 8 years after the computer in question was announced to the world.

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 06 May 2009, 22:59

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 06 May 2009, 23:16

Dave Rinaldo wrote:
Trachyglanis ineac

Correct!

Looks (to my inexpert eye) vaguely like a Rineloricaria.
The first general purpose electronic computer was ENIAC. (but Germans and Brits often like to argue otherwise

)

Your turn
M.

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 06 May 2009, 23:31

Part of my Genus name is common with "Wels Catfish".

I share my species name with two other catfish.

panaque · Post by **panaque** » 06 May 2009, 23:35

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 06 May 2009, 23:39

Nope.

Fits the clues, though

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 07 May 2009, 00:46

- 2 trachyglanis in a row? Imparfinus minutus & one other?

Hang on, can i change my guess to Cory punctatus & Doras punctatus Aucheno GLANIS - ooooo it fits???

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 07 May 2009, 00:57

Not that one.
(More than two other minutus)

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 07 May 2009, 01:06

Richard B wrote: Hang on, can i change my guess to
Auchenoglanis punctatus
Cory punctatus & Doras punctatus Aucheno GLANIS - ooooo it fits???

Another one that fits the clues

Sorry, not African (small clue)

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 07 May 2009, 03:40

List updated -whew, you guys were busy!
Previously Listed Catfish

Sidguppy:

the only German band that hits the speakers in here these days is RAMMSTEIN

Du hast good taste.

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 07 May 2009, 03:57

Previous clues..

Part of my Genus name is common with "Wels Catfish".

I share my species name with two other catfish.

....not African.

Clue: Some may think I'm a "sponger".

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 07 May 2009, 04:30

Can't make the last clue fit.
? Glanis + 2 other multiradiatus

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 07 May 2009, 04:49

Not yet!

There are more than two other multiradiatus

Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus
Brochis multiradiatus
Heptapterus multiradiatus
Mystus multiradiatus

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 07 May 2009, 05:18

There are more than two other multiradiatus

Didn't flip enough pages apparently...

Looked up the glanis parasite cats and could only find 1 matching species for each, maybe I need to flip more pages..

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 07 May 2009, 05:23

L number Banana wrote: .....could only find 1 matching species for each, maybe I need to flip more pages..

You're there!

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 07 May 2009, 05:50

Oh you're so patient but this is just not happening! Can't find 2 matches for any of them.
Here's my list:
Ituglanis amazonicus also B. amazonicus
Ituglanis metae also cory metae

Stauroglanis gouldingi also Helogenes gouldingi
Sarcoglanis simplex also Tatia simplex

I flipped ALL the pages and still can't find a second species match.
Something is flying over my head - gimme another hint and I'll narrow it down or start again

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 07 May 2009, 05:53

One of them is correct!

You can search Fishbase using just the species name

Quick, I've got to get to work!

Edit...Just saw the second catfish with the same species name is not in the Cat-elog!

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 07 May 2009, 05:59

fishbase not working but pim metae

so ?

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 07 May 2009, 06:01

Sarcoglanis simplex also Tatia simplex
also M.simplex a hoplo

edit - skip that one should have read the whole abstract.......

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 07 May 2009, 06:04

L number Banana wrote:fishbase not working but pim metae

so
Ituglanis metae
?

That's the one!!

I have to get off to work. Later!

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 07 May 2009, 06:07

whew, enjoy work today!

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 07 May 2009, 09:58

Dave Rinaldo wrote:You can search Fishbase using just the species name

You can search the Cat-eLog for species name too - in the main Cat-eLog page, the third item on the right of the page is a "Genus/Species" search where you can choose "contains" with an empty genus, and it will give you a list of all the species matching the species name of any genus (and of course, all species in a genus, if you want to do it that way, along with various other things like you can in fishbase).

--
Mats

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 07 May 2009, 13:26

in the main Cat-eLog page, the third item on the right of the page is a "Genus/Species"

I hadn't noticed that feature as I always use the drop down menu!

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 07 May 2009, 14:42

I hadn't noticed that feature as I always use the drop down menu!

Same here, what a time saver!

Previously Listed Catfish

New fish before I run out the door to work:

1) I am very small
2) I have a common name that can be both soft and painful.
3) I am a colourful catfish
4) I have many, many keepers

Should be guessed correctly when I get home, eh?

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 08 May 2009, 03:42

Hmm, my 'easy' ones get nowhere and my 'Hard" ones are guessed by you guys before I finish typing

I sometimes suck at this

1) I am very small
2) I have a common name that can be both soft and painful.
3) I am a colourful catfish
4) I have many, many keepers

New clues:
5) I'm a very popular catfish for beginners and experts alike.
6) My colouring is responsible for my common name....
7) I'm the more readily available of the two...

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 08 May 2009, 09:12

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 08 May 2009, 12:44

?

Jools

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 08 May 2009, 13:35

Marc:

Corydoras panda

Nope but it would fit, too.

Jools:

Microglanis iheringi?

That's it!

Your turn!

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 08 May 2009, 15:05

List of previous species

New species: I like a higher pH than 8 and I look a bit like what some east Londoners might consider a fishy delicacy.

Jools

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