Lince Catfish (Platynematichthys notatus)

[Tucc185]

Well, these won't be nearly as high quality or stunning as the photos Aquamojo (Mo) has been periodically posting of fish from Segrest Farms, but hopefully the subject makes up for it a bit

The awe-inspiring Lince Catfish...in the flesh. We got these fish in late last week out of Peru...shipped in HUGE boxes. I mean HUGE. They were in 36x30 thick-walled styros with a wooden liner on the inside. For notoriously difficult shippers like these beasts you can't be too careful. Basically it was like shipping a freshwater version of a pelagic shark...serious business.




More pics on the Segrest FB (My sig). Enjoy!

 

[Gill Blue]

nice.

 

[Leptoe]

Wow me and my friend was just talking about this catfish!!! Beautiful!!!

 

[gangster]

Stunning cat!

 

[Tucc185]

Thanks! I wish I could get better pictures but our holding tanks were built for housing fish, not for photographing them. One thing's for sure- I'm not about to attempt to stuff one of these fish into the little 2 1/2 gal I use for photos!

 

[cl0wn knife]

Stunning!

 

[wayne the pain]

Probably my favourite Pim, stunning

 

[doubledragon]

Sweet cat, any more pics?

 

[Tucc185]

Sweet cat, any more pics?

Thanks, there's a few more pics on our FB page (my sig). We have a couple left in our tanks still (if they're not already packed up) so if I get a chance I might snap a few more for posterity. They've actually colored up nicely and acclimated well. I don't think we'll have more of these monsters back in anytime soon.

 

[Mutation1853]

Lince catfish must be one of the most beautiful catfish species