Help ID two catfish?

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echris02

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Mar 29, 2018
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New here, and I'm definitely not a catfish expert - long story, but I just came into possession of several catfish needing a new home and I'm trying to figure out exactly what they are so I can figure out what they need in terms of a proper home. Two fish, one looks something like P. pictus but is 20+ cm TL; the other is a little smaller with a bold lateral stripe (photos attached).
If it helps, the remainder of the fish from the group are maybe slightly exotic, but not overly obscure - sun cat, some kind of pleco, FW angel, couple African cichlids (i.e. I don't think the previous owner was in the business of collecting SUPER exotic fish).

Poor fishes have had a rough week, and would appreciate any advice you have to offer...

Larger one
larger head.jpg larger whole body.jpg


Smaller one, shyer and harder to photo smaller catfish.jpg
 
Cool, thanks!

Sigh... now to find a lot of watery real estate...
Why do people accumulate these big fish in small tanks?!
(it was supposedly a 35 gal with 4 cats, including these two, and 4 cichlids)
 
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