Hey Necrocanis i think this is a perruno Cat!

[Pleco-nation]

I dont have him any more he was a rescue with very bad fish rit i tried to save him but he didnt recover! not quiet the marble patten! Just wondering every ones thought he was about 24 inchs!!!

This is a marble cat at about 16 inchs you can see the differance in pattern as well as head shape!!! More blunt in the marble!!!!

Just wondering what the general opinion was????????????????
thanks P.N

 

[theheffners]

not shure what he was but he is gorgeous, the other picture of the cats, is that your tank as well? if so how big was the tank, nice assortment of cats too.

 

[TLkmDN]

looks like a marble catfish to me...

 

[dmopar74]

looks to be the same cat, patterns differ alot from cat to cat http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=245

true perruno's only have 8 dorsal rays, longibarbis has 10-11.

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

I think marble looks nothing like my perruno in temr sof markings and mines a definate perruno.

 

[necrocanis]

I can't see the pics out at work. They have to be directly uploaded to this site as military doesn't allow hotlinking. If they are hosted else where I can't see them. Head shaped, and pattern don't mean much as there are subspecies of both. Dorsal fin ray count is the only tried and true method that I have seen for identifying perruno. Eventual adult size may come into play somewhat also.