Yes I am considering it as I have always liked and wanted one of the other cats that are closely related to it.
South American Giant BB Cat
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As I stated early on, having briefly looked at the photos and the sizes, I don't think this is ID'ed correctly. For my intents and purposes, I'd maintain this is a bufonis.
But my opinion is a pebble versus Kirk's which would be a boulder. And he, so far, hasn't challenged the Rhyacoglanis. All he said, unless I missed something, was that it looks like a bufonis but he sees some differences.
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Oh no, you just didn't! Haha, keep it hush.
But my opinion is a pebble versus Kirk's which would be a boulder. And he, so far, hasn't challenged the Rhyacoglanis. All he said, unless I missed something, was that it looks like a bufonis but he sees some differences.
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Oh no, you just didn't! Haha, keep it hush.
Ok. So most likely one of those let's see what it looks like down the road.
O.K. well Viktor made me look up scientific papers again. For more info on the genus go to PlanetCatfish, "Taxonomy and Science News" - page 7 " Rhyacoglanis- New Genus in Pseudopimelodidae". I don't know how to do "hyperlinks" like Viktor does and too lazy to figure out how… Anyway to respond, now that I recall I was never able to get p. bufonis off live feeders, they were in a tank with other cats that ate pellets but never knew if the bufonis ever ate them? As far as noting differences in morphology, what threw me was a photo on pare 2 of this post which I now realize was Viktor's post, the fish in the net shot, not Jaws7 777 fish. Otherwise from seeing many pic's of this fish it does look exactly like a p. bufonis in all ways, I can't see any real differences but then I haven't waded through the scientific description enough, I'll leave that to the experts here….
I had a feeling something was off or you'd be mulling pros and cons of the Rhyacoglanis ID in earnest by now. You gotta start reading the thread from the OP, Kirk! Haha... just teasing you.
You are our only knowledgeable guy on Pseudopims AFAIK, that is active anyway. Thank you for making learning from you a pleasant experience.
See Jaws? And you wanted to keep it to PMs... I think we both have learned.
This guy is obsessed with digging under the big rock very secretive and territorial though so far been a cool little cat
Hahah, that made me chuckle. Super cute photos after that introduction... Check me out big daddy in my sandbox - I wanna be a miner. Or if I don't quite make it, a mole at least.
You should see how far wild catfish swim into burrows (such as muskrat and snapping turtles).
