tsn id??

[cris]

after keeping south and central cichlids for a few years i decided to move into the catfish world. i purchased a tsn hes about 10 inches in length and was wondering excatly what kind of cat it was. any help would be appreciated.

here a couple of pics of him.

thanks for looking..

 

[sbuse]

nice Tiger shovelnose...i don't understand why you need an id as you have the name already...you know they get 3-4' right?

 

[I<3fish]

nice Tiger shovelnose...i don't understand why you need an id as you have the name already...you know they get 3-4' right?

Not all species of pseudoplatystoma do... Some get 24", others get 5'

 

[I<3fish]

As for species, looks like you have a P. punctifer.

 

[cris]

As for species, looks like you have a P. punctifer.

thanks that what i was looking for................

 

[sbuse]

Not all species of pseudoplatystoma do... Some get 24", others get 5'

i know that some don't get that big... i put 3-4' cause 99.9% of the tsns on the market are p. fastatums or p. tigrinums...also 95% are farmed and they are a hybrid between the two...i had one that looked similar to that one, it was a hybrid from an asian farm...

As for species, looks like you have a P. punctifer.

to give a proper sp. id on it we'd need to know the collection point, if infact it is wild caught...most likly it is a farmed fish from asia...if it is wc there are so many diff veriations to each sp. that it could still be a few diff sp.s...at 10" it is just starting to develop its pattern, so it would need to grow to like 20" to see a more adult permenent pattern...also if i remeber right p. punctifer is a rarer sp. of tsn so that also makes it hard for it to be it, but not imposible...must be larger to be sure...

 

[I<3fish]

i know that some don't get that big... i put 3-4' cause 99.9% of the tsns on the market are p. fastatums or p. tigrinums...also 95% are farmed and they are a hybrid between the two...i had one that looked similar to that one, it was a hybrid from an asian farm...



to give a proper sp. id on it we'd need to know the collection point, if infact it is wild caught...most likly it is a farmed fish from asia...if it is wc there are so many diff veriations to each sp. that it could still be a few diff sp.s...at 10" it is just starting to develop its pattern, so it would need to grow to like 20" to see a more adult permenent pattern...also if i remeber right p. punctifer is a rarer sp. of tsn so that also makes it hard for it to be it, but not imposible...must be larger to be sure...

Most of it's current characteristics are all you need to know to tell what it is, the fin shape, fin color, loc. of fins, and pattern most likely point to P. punctifer.