Unless you catch your featherfin red handed, I'd doubt this a bit. At the face value of the info given, I'd guess the two blochii are figuring out the pecking order. 2 is generally a bad number.
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Oops, sorry. I didn't look where you were. IDK about Scotland but these catfish are a staple carried by each and every chain LFS in the US. It's not unlike a goldfish of the catfish.
PCF lists SL = standard length which excludes the caudal fin. Mine was ~14" TL = total length = with the caudal fin, so not too far off the PCF max, perhaps by 1" to 1.5".
Besides, Pimelodus is a large genus with lots of similar-looking fish and much taxonomy work remains to be done for this genus. Moreover, there appears to be notable variability in appearance. Lastly, I've encountered the words "blochii-type" used by experts, which may indicate that there is a lack of definitive IDs.
Thus, mine could have simply been not "quite" blochii or the blochii is under-defined yet.
Yeah I guess it's not right to blame the syno when I didn't see it. But anyways I moved it to a smaller tank and it seems like the Raphael's and the blochii's are out swimming around.
Raphs swimming around? You must have one in a million, outgoing raphs 
They are nocturnal and maniacal diurnal hiders.
They are nocturnal and maniacal diurnal hiders.
Same here with the spotted ones. Have 4 around 3" and the last time I saw them was when I put them in the tank the first time.
