Most catfish in asia have some form of teeth or a rough patch in the mouth etc, mekong giants dont its 100% smooth, thats how i tell them apart from the rest in thailand
Anyone knows how to ID "Mekong Giant catfish" juvi?
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Nope not completely smooth. It does have some rough paches
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I'm fairly certain the video I posted in the other similar thread was a mekong catfish. It looks almost.... Almost..... Identical to an ID catfish. This was right before a bunch of black ears came into southern California. Both were being sold as paroons.
I wanna net mine and check if it had teeth lol
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If the Singapore River Safari got their ID right, one can see Mekong Giant Catfish MGC in TL's video, 4:00 min to 5:40 min:
A very relevant thread by GiantFishKeeper101: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/found-mekong-giant-catfish.700708/
Summary of differences of MGC or MGC x IDS hybrid --- versus --- IDS on the basis of the GFK's thread above:
(1) thumb cranial profile, pronounced shoulder
(2) shorter, wider, stubier head
(3) square mouth, bigger than IDS
(4) lower sitting eyes vs IDS
(5) different dorsal fin shape
(6) different caudal fin shape
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Similar threads for cross referencing:
Mekong catfish or not
Just want to make sure before I buy it. Is this a real mekong catfish or another hammerhead. I noticed it has dropsy
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Guess what this is...the answer might suprise you
They look like thesee http://youtu.be/e4wMgsupGg0 Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app Thank u for your reply. I think that your point on them being hybrids may be true but still i have my fingers crossed:) Although i have to disagree with the "body without stripes"...
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Not IDS. Could be the MGC or its hybrid: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/mekong-giant-catfish-id.735792/
Could be a MGC or a hybrid or... https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/pure-blooded-mekong.748714/
