Mystery Catfish

[Cu455]

What kind if catfish is this?

 

[fwprawn]

Perrunichthys perruno

 

[Cu455]

Thanks.

 

[Cu455]

How many dorsal fin rays do you count?

 

[krichardson]

The fin is tattered but it looks like eleven.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

A bit of a technicality but 100% no way. The common Leiarius marmoratus.

 

[divemaster99]

Achara catfish (Leiarius marmoratus). You got yourself a BIG catfish there http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=245

 

[Cu455]

Achara catfish (Leiarius marmoratus). You got yourself a BIG catfish there http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=245

31inches isn't that big. It stays much smaller then my Red Tails, Tiger Shovelnose, Pardoons and Niger.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

This clarifies the ID and the wild sizes - Necrocanis' The-truth-about-Perrunichthys-perruno: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...t-Perrunichthys-perruno!!!!&highlight=perruno

Is a Pardoon a particularly noble and polite Paroon shark?