Could Anyone Id This For Me Please

[hackmaster]

Untitled by bush basher, on Flickr

 

[mattlee]

looks like a blue Pimelodus of some kind.... i guess it has some kind of blue lighting in the tank to make it this colour?

pictus maybe?

 

[hackmaster]

It's silver about 9" long with massive tentacles

I know it's a pimelodus but not got a clue what

It's pretty aggressive towards cichlids though

 

[minnnt]

Nice pic... FOTM!!

 

[hackmaster]

Cheers mate it's constantly moving so really hard to take a pic and it's on my iPhone

 

[Davo86]

Any markings on the fish at all or is it just a single shade of silver? I think its Pimelodus pohli? that has very little in the way of markings

 

[hackmaster]

That's the 1 looks exactly the same on google images thank you very much

 

[hackmaster]

Anybody elaborate on this...

All the info I can find on the pohli is 150mm max size when mine is more like 230mm

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

How about P. blochii? Would fit size wise and there is at least one photo that looks similar to yours (albeit your one almost looks blue photoshopped, if you know what I mean).

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/_species.php?species_id=653

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Another species to look at is Pimelodus albicans, in which case yours is about half its eventual size!

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/_species.php?species_id=978

 

[Steve GT]

Looks the same colour as dr manhattan off watchmen haha

 

[MBOU]

Mystus bocourti?

 

[hackmaster]

Another species to look at is Pimelodus albicans, in which case yours is about half its eventual size!

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/_species.php?species_id=978

Both your ideas are viable, I'd really like to know what it is and I'm positive it's from the pimoladae family

He's in a 6x2x2 so he's got plenty of room I'll try and get a clear picture of him up showing his colours better...

Oh and he's pretty aggressive towards my geo, convict, jd and everything else but my common plec and Asian sun cat

 

[hackmaster]

Here's a better photo



Untitled by bush basher, on Flickr

 

[MartinS]

I'd definitely say from the P.blochi complex, don't think you'll ever get an exact ID, so go with P.blochi.
Martin