Need an ID on this Catfish.

[tokyogasmask]

Could anyone please I.D this cat?
It is being offered as "Banded Piramutaba".

The place that is selling this has let me down a few times with IDs, so I'm hoping you guys may help.

Here is a pic:

 

[Plec123]

false tig / juruense

 

[EVAN YUNCK]

2ND THAT

 

[geronimo69]

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=566

 

[Hoyo12]

lol, "Banded Piramutaba"...
Yep, it's a Juruense.

 

[tokyogasmask]

Thanks guys.
Yup, the names made up here in Japan are even more crazy than the west!

I think I will buy this fish now that I can confirm what it is!
¥4000 (about $40) does that sound like an OK price?

Also they have 2 for sale, both are at around 10cm, So I will need to put it in a growout tank before putting it in the Monster tank. How quick will it grow? I don't want to move it in with the big boys till it is around 30cm.

Thanks for your help!

 

[dragonsong]

Looking closely at the pic, it looks like that juruense is going to have a pretty interesting pattern in the future...

 

[Wet Whiskers]

Looking closely at the pic, it looks like that juruense is going to have a pretty interesting pattern in the future...

I think you're right.

As for the name... ??? How did they come up with that? Sounds like most everything got lost in translation.

 

[Bottomfeeder]

Yeah, Juruense. They get about 18"

 

[I<3fish]

Yeah, Juruense. They get about 18"

Yeah, in about a year and a half...


30" isn't unheard of, but the average size is about 24"