Uncommon cat id?
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In my eye, it's a sturio, aka fox, catfish. Rare to see with an intact snout. IME very hard to wean over to prepped feed.
AFAIK, malarmo (the giant) has never entered the trade and has never been seen on MFK or PCF in private hands.
Any Platisilurus for sale can be safely assumed to be the little guy mucosus.
AFAIK, malarmo (the giant) has never entered the trade and has never been seen on MFK or PCF in private hands.
Any Platisilurus for sale can be safely assumed to be the little guy mucosus.
May indeed be a sturio...but, it's worth noting that it is an exceptionally short-snouted specimen. Here are a couple of pics of rare sturios with undamaged snouts, showing just how long they are...
These are the champions in terms of nosiness 
On PCF, the snout length looks varied to my eye. IDK what to make of it. Perhaps there are more than one species in this genus. https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=319
On PCF, the snout length looks varied to my eye. IDK what to make of it. Perhaps there are more than one species in this genus. https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=319
It may depend on the damage the snout takes too. Those with finely formed or just bent snouts seem longer. Those with shorter snouts look to have a chunky snouts as though they ran into something and broke/ flattened the end. Maybe stunting the snout growth.
All speculation though, as you say, their maybe a second type,
Platysilurus seejay
Or Platystomatichthys Seejay
All speculation though, as you say, their maybe a second type,
Platysilurus seejay
Or Platystomatichthys Seejay
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