Flatnose ID pls

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Ok people! I dont think Its possible to get better video than this lol.. turned out he came out right in front of the camera both times and nice and clear shots... the only ID I can come up with is a panther...??? But really I have no idea.. he has some small spots around his face and has a few dark bars down his body and the 3 or 4 spots on the dorsal.. let me know what u guys think
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Maybe a dwarf giraffe catfish? The eel isn’t pantherinus but looking like armatus.
 
After a video freeze frame or 2 it looks to me like P. Punctatus. A past favorite of mine, many pic's of mine are in the Cat-eLog on PlanetCatfish. You are lucky to find one, I haven't seen one for sale for many years. They will grow to around 17". Nice one!
 
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Yellowcat said:
After a video freeze frame or 2 it looks to me like P. Punctatus. A past favorite of mine, many pic's of mine are in the Cat-eLog on PlanetCatfish. You are lucky to find one, I haven't seen one for sale for many years. They will grow to around 17". Nice one!
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Well if your right that's awsome to hear! No clue how to look you up on there lol.. not computer literate tbh.. can you give a link?
Thank you again Yellowcat Yellowcat

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After a video freeze frame or 2 it looks to me like P. Punctatus. A past favorite of mine, many pic's of mine are in the Cat-eLog on PlanetCatfish. You are lucky to find one, I haven't seen one for sale for many years. They will grow to around 17". Nice one!
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Nevermind I have seen the pictures.. didnt know they were taken by you tho! Very cool! How are multiple ones together like? Do they coexist well or aggressive
 
They tend to get along well and aren't aggressive toward their own kind or other species of catfish. Not to say they wouldn't become somewhat aggressive if they feel crowded and territorial instincts arise as with any otherwise peaceful fish. At one point I had a male and a female of the species and separated them only because they were outgrowing the 60G tank they were both in at the time. Although you have yours in a planted and driftwood laden tank that is perfect for their likes and needs, at some point they, as with all giraffe cat species will be inclined to root around in the gravel and uproot plants but that's what they do...
 
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Yellowcat said:
They tend to get along well and aren't aggressive toward their own kind or other species of catfish. Not to say they wouldn't become somewhat aggressive if they feel crowded and territorial instincts arise as with any otherwise peaceful fish. At one point I had a male and a female of the species and separated them only because they were outgrowing the 60G tank they were both in at the time. Although you have yours in a planted and driftwood laden tank that is perfect for their likes and needs, at some point they, as with all giraffe cat species will be inclined to root around in the gravel and uproot plants but that's what they do...
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Oh I know that.. that's why I have made "rock gardens" for my plants.. big round rocks around the planted areas.. substrate and then some medium sized stones on top... I have multiple 3 and 4 inch pipes buried under substrate for everyone to hide out in so I should be good. But not upset if a plant was to be uprooted at some point but I doubt it.. most of my plants are also bulb plants. Thank you for your responses sir.
 
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Fishman Dave said:
I think on this one time will tell. I am not convinced the whiskers are long enough for punctatus but if it gets over 8" then we will know it's not guttatus or notoglanidium but I don't think from the colouring it's pantherinus.
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I hear ya... I do consider yellowcat to know better than most on the subject but it's very hard to tell... he has no prominent markings other than a few dots on his dorsal and some dark bars on his body... most of the species show many dots over their body..
 
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