the one in the second pic is the red river here is a better picture
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Goonch Catfish (Bagarius) ID and Care Guide 1.01
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Very interesting. Looks almost exactly like an HLG but a different collection point than where they're normally found. Do you see the red tint that Wes pointed out at all? I know pics make it hard to see the true colors
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Thanks for the pics, Collin.
The first and third fish look rather like sp. 'Indochina' to me, though clearer pics and a few more inches on the fish are needed to be sure. The pics of the Red River fish aren't clear enough to be sure what it is.
The first and third fish look rather like sp. 'Indochina' to me, though clearer pics and a few more inches on the fish are needed to be sure. The pics of the Red River fish aren't clear enough to be sure what it is.
your welcome rob just hope this isn't derailing the thread at all I wish I had something other than a phone camera because there is more red and orange in that fish than what shows up on the pics it does have a different shape to the head than the other two
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No worries about a derail. I have the ability to clean these threads up for archival purposes if they get off track, but when we're discussing the ID of a new type of these fish, that doesn't strike me as a derail.
If you wish to try to get better pics, try these tips:
• First, pre-focus your camera on the fish by tapping the screen where you want it to focus. This will prevent it from trying to focus when you hit the picture button.
• Second, get as much lighting as possible. I like to use clamp lamps that I use in my garage to get supplemental lighting. I shine them through the front of the tank, though doing that CAN give bad reflections. You need to get close to the tank.
• Third, and probably most importantly, you need to make sure that your camera is perpendicular to the glass. If you're shooting through the glass at anything other than a 90* angle, quality decreases very quickly. A picture from 80* instead of 90 is noticeably worse, and a pic from 50* or so is essentially useless.
• Second, get as much lighting as possible. I like to use clamp lamps that I use in my garage to get supplemental lighting. I shine them through the front of the tank, though doing that CAN give bad reflections. You need to get close to the tank.
• Third, and probably most importantly, you need to make sure that your camera is perpendicular to the glass. If you're shooting through the glass at anything other than a 90* angle, quality decreases very quickly. A picture from 80* instead of 90 is noticeably worse, and a pic from 50* or so is essentially useless.
Good luck!
You said max size of indochina is unknown idk if that's been discovered since but Could this be a giant indochina seems much to dark to be anything else and could give good insight as to how big they truly get feel free to remove if unnecessary
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HLG is known to get really dark marks as well. Without capture location being listed, I hesitate to attempt to make a diagnosis on a pic like that.
I saw a goonch on eBay today!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/12-13-Goonc...791622?hash=item465e89ac86:g:-hsAAOSw5cNYKWhb
http://www.ebay.com/itm/12-13-Goonc...791622?hash=item465e89ac86:g:-hsAAOSw5cNYKWhb
