Catfish ID

[Anderman]

What do the catfish keepers think this one is?
I was thinking Brachyplatystoma vaillantii or Pimelodus albicans. It came from a peru supplier.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

I offered a guess at your PCF inquiry

 

[archers]

It looks like Pimelodus albicans imo

 

[Anderman]

Would it make a difference if it had tail streamers or not and if it's growth was slow or fast?

 

[cgibby]

it's definately a pimelodid of some sort but not a vallianti imo looks nice though and but if turns out to be vallianti brachy's should have long streamers as for growth rate 2 or 3 inches month at most is typical ime i've kept all other species in this genus but never vallianti so just going off of what i've read and been told


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[thebiggerthebetter]

It does not strike me as a Brachyplatystoma. The body proportions, the snout is too narrow, the eyes too big. I am tilting towards either a Pimelodus or Iheringichthys.

Here is my supposed Pimelodus albicans http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=30240&hilit=unknown

Here is a fish that I think is identical to the OP: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=38098

 

[Anderman]

Well here is some more info. It is not growing very fast and the cat has a deep fork in the tail with about an inch extension on the upper fork. The upper fork extends past the lower fork as well. No streamers!

 

[Anderman]

Let's bump this thread and find out for sure what this catfish is....Here is a pic of the catfish in my tank.

 

[Anderman]

The fish has grown about an inch in the last 4 months and has a tail extension on only the top.

 

[djaalix]

Pretty fish, have no idea on the ID though

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