what is this guy

[matty]

It's a Hoplosternum littorale. One of the bigger hoplos. It will get to 10" + but is very peaceful. Quite a hectic fish though

 

[dovii88]

it is def. a hoplo i have some juv.. myself they are some awesome fish and they stay a relatively good size.. so yeah good fish and nice lookin too...

 

[ewurm]

Definitely not a porthole. Their barbels are straighter if I remember correctly, and also, they aren't quite as rotund!

 

[DJ BIG T]

its a brown hoplo there max size is 12 inches but usely grow up to 10 inchs they are a florida native fish live in the rivers throw central fl to south fl.... i have one 6 inchs ..awsome fish you have there... http://www.archbold-station.org/ABS/album/album-vertebrates/albumbrownhoplo.htm

 

[Loubard]

It's a Hoplosternum littorale. One of the bigger hoplos. It will get to 10" + but is very peaceful. Quite a hectic fish though

That's what I am thinking. I have three too.

 

[Daniel Machado]

Looks exactly like mine when I got her at 3-inches. They get BIG... I saw some 20-inch wild-caughts here. Very impressive.

Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[Burbotman]

That my friend is Callichthys callichthys, aka the armoured catfish.

Max size is around 8 inches. I have had mine for 5 years now and it is exactly 8 inches.
Very similar to the hopo's

 

[Honda12]

Looks more like what burbotman has then the others mentiond.

 

[Daniel Machado]

That my friend is Callichthys callichthys, aka the armoured catfish.

Max size is around 8 inches. I have had mine for 5 years now and it is exactly 8 inches.
Very similar to the hopo's

Sorry, but this fish is NOT a Callichthys. It's a Hoplosternum, and looks like a female H. littorale but can be a smaller hoplo. The Callichthys has a larger head, smaller eyes, and a round tail. And they're "straight", don't have the "fattening" at mid-body like hoplos. That's a REAL Callichthys callichthys:

Look at the small eyes:


Here you can see the round tail and straight profile (filled stomach ):


Not much like the other pics of this topic, huh?

Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[Burbotman]

Sorry, but this fish is NOT a Callichthys. It's a Hoplosternum, and looks like a female H. littorale but can be a smaller hoplo. The Callichthys has a larger head, smaller eyes, and a round tail. And they're "straight", don't have the "fattening" at mid-body like hoplos. That's a REAL Callichthys callichthys:

Look at the small eyes:


Here you can see the round tail and straight profile (filled stomach ):


Not much like the other pics of this topic, huh?

Best regards.

Daniel.

As much as I like a good debate--I fear that after futher review I may be mistaken.
I went back to the ole' net and sure enough the tail fork supports the hopo ID.

What sucks is that for 5 years I have been calling my cat Cali !!!!!!!!!!!!!!