Catfish ID Help - Giraffe Nose Catfish of some sort?

[moosemj]

I found a couple of these guys at a LFS. They look a lot like giraffe nose catfish but their patterns seem to be off to me. Maybe a slightly smaller head as well, though not sure if that's a man age thing or species thing.



Any thoughts?

 

[tlindsey]

I found a couple of these guys at a LFS. They look a lot like giraffe nose catfish but their patterns seem to be off to me. Maybe a slightly smaller head as well, though not sure if that's a man age thing or species thing.

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Any thoughts?

wednesday13
thebiggerthebetter

 

[moosemj]

Someone said it is a Auchenoglanis ngamensis aka big mouth spiny catfish. I think they are correct.

Anyone have any experience with these guys?

 

[reefman]

dwarf giraffe catfish Anaspidoglanis macrostoma

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Check out Parauchenoglanis too.

 

[moosemj]

Boy they all look pretty similar. Going to have to look really hard. Anyway you cut it something different.

 

[reefman]

Try to get some full shots. But to me looks like a dwarf giraffe

 

[moosemj]

Will do

 

[moosemj]

Do these help at all?

 

[wednesday13]

Im gonna side with thebiggerthebetter on this one... my guess/i.d. is the Parauchenoglanis punctatus. Planet catfish shows a "day" and "night" pattern pic that seems to match up with the 1st set of dark pics u took and the newer pics lights on. Very cool find o.p.! Should max out at 16" if my i.d. is correct. "dwarf giraffe" is Notoglanidium Macrostoma, id say u can rule that out all together based on its max size being 7.9", urs appear larger already. That would also rule out another close canidate P. guttatus...