Pictus or not?

[Sarah88]

ok so i have two catfish, both were sold to me as pictus catfish but i was wondering if all had the same spotting or no? as one of my cats has larger, clearly defined spots spaced out all along its body, while the other has a lot more smaller and closer together spots on its body, are they both still pictus or is there a similar type of catfish that has different spots? i will post pics in a little while hopefully if they are staying still enough

 

[bigfishsmallpond]

how can i see with out a pic?

 

[Sarah88]

hey yeah sorry i couldnt take pics earlier but are some pics of them these are the clearest i could take of each of them, they are about the same size, the one with the smaller closer spots is about 3.5in while one with larger spaced out spots is about 4-4.5in

 

[benzjamin13]

I want to say they are both Pictus. I've seen some with small spots and large spots. I wonder if it has to do with the locations of where they were obtained But a head shot of the smaller spotted one might help as well. I was looking it up for you, but looks like a Pictus to me.

 

[Sarah88]

oh ok well iv already turned their tank lights off for the night, but his face looks the same as the other one (sorry its not in the pic he swam right when i clicked for the pic lol) that kind of makes sense about them coming from different areas, but yeah i just havent watched other pictus closely other than mine so didnt notice on others whether their stripes were different or not so just thought i would ask (always good to know whats actually in your tank LOL)

 

[bigfishsmallpond]

looks like pictus to me

 

[fishlover88]

looks pictus to me given the white diagonal line. I couldnt tell you which variant, im gonna guess peruvian.

 

[Columbian Shark Catfish]

Fatten him up D:

 

[fishy knickers]

I have a couple of these frisky fellas....Pimodella Pictus - as far as I know.