Frozen sheat fish ID

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krichardson

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Looks like a wallago or an ompok?
 
thebiggerthebetter

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I am pretty sure Kolt's got the genus. It may be less than trivial to tell the species, dinema or truncatus. Dinema is far more common, it appears to me and it is often seen at the local markets.

B. dinema is "distinguished from B. truncatus in having a longer pectoral fin, head and snout." http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=760
 
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thebiggerthebetter said:
I am pretty sure Kolt's got the genus. It may be less than trivial to tell the species, dinema or truncatus. Dinema is far more common, it appears to me and it is often seen at the local markets.

B. dinema is "distinguished from B. truncatus in having a longer pectoral fin, head and snout." http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=760
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At $4/lb in the USA I would imagine it's relatively common and readily available. Next time I feed these I'll try to get a few better pictures.


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