Personal "revision" of the Auchenoglanis giraffe catfish genus recognizes 5 species in the trade

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Thank you. That's what I thought you might have thought.

I can only tell you what I think. None of g-cats I've reviewed possess small black spots roughly lined up in the fins, esp. the caudal except for biscutatus. Moreover, if you look over the biscutatus pics I show in my video, you'll note a variation in the body spots colors, shapes, sizes and patterns while I believe they are all biscutatus.

I'll attach 20 of the biscutatus photos that I used in the video here for your convenience:


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Thanks for taking the time to show all those examples. I will default to your judgment and see how it goes as my group of biscatatus matures. The 2 larger ones are about 6 inches and will be going in a 210 soon.
 
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Thank you. I'd beg to differ. This chap looks close to many photos of others who I assigned with A. wittei. Wittei seem a bit variable and this particular coloration may also be an indication of a certain mood. Anyhow, here are photos of more or less close looking giraffes I assigned with wittei in my overview:


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Update on 2 of my biscutus that have been in a 210 now for over 6 months. Size wise they have filled out with one around 7 inches and the other 8 or 9. When they were juveniles they were very shy, but they are now quite boisterous during feeding time and fight for scraps alongside everything else. I'm still keeping the smaller one which is still at 4 or 5 inches in a grow out tank but I'm sure it could go into the 210 at some point. Only issue I have had in the 210 is some tissue damage where one of my large bichers took a snap at one of them. My large endli is notorious for that as it is very food protective.

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One story comes to mind and is that of Jaws7777 where allegedly his bichir(s) bit his jaguar catfish leaving nasty wounds, so, yeah, I'd keep this in mind.
 
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