Looking back through this thread and at recent pictures- on my laptop, not phone- I think I see what you're talking about. Color rendition on my phone isn't nearly as good as it is on my high end computer.
Yes, I hooked my computer back up just to respond to this thread. lol
The colors definitely aren't right for rutilus. The body and head shape are insufficiently dorsolaterally compressed for B. bagarius or B. yarrelli. It is way too thick for B. suchus. It's clearly too big for B. cf. dwarf. That really makes you wonder.
Given the available evidence, must agree that the fish is likely B. lica. The confusion arises from the fact that B. lica and B. rutilus are likely the most closely related to one another and share many traits such as the sausage shaped body, smaller fins and oval eyes.
If you wish to have this fish endorsed as likely the first confirmed B. lica in the hobby (at least since Matt and I brought them into the mass cultural awareness of the hobby), I will need the following photographs:
• Headshot, close, in profile.
• Detailed shots of the eye(s).
• Shot of the dorsal fin.
• Full body side shot.
• The collection point would make it academic.
I look forward to seeing what comes of this. If we can confirm this fish as lica, I would be VERY interested in using one or more of your pictures in the upcoming Guide to Identifying your Goonch (Bagarius).
PS- Was your friend Matt?
