Id Please

[Gooner]

Hi,

Picked this up the other day, advertised as a "Longnose Whiptail".
After googling a few times I couldn`t find an exact match.
Can someone give a positive Id please.

 

[Bloo]

Do you have some other photos? The closest I can think of is Sturisoma barbatum but even that doesn't seem quite right.

 

[Gooner]

Hi Bloo,
I can`t get any clearer pics at the mo as the camera`s not working properly.
I can tell you it moves very slowly, and appears to "walk" on its mouth in a sideways motion, it also spends 75% of its time partly submerged under the sand, it has the trait of a ray when it shimmers and burys itself. See bad quality video.
http/s147.photobucket.com/albums/r318/fu...t=Video0002.flv

I will try to get some other pics later.

 

[LisaLQ]

Maybe a farlowella of some description, perhaps this one?
http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/speci...?species_id=790

Or one of these?
http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/image.php?image_id=671

Very handsome, whatever he is

 

[Gooner]

Or one of these?
http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/image.php?image_id=671


Good shout LisaLQ, Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus (What`s that in English)

 

[Gooner]

Just Googled, and PlanetCatfish have a common name of "Knob nosed Whiptail Catfish"

Like the sig says "Always learning something new every day"

 

[LisaLQ]

Can see it now - you want to get more pics of him, he's not performing, you say "Oi Knob Nose!"....

 

[DiscusAngel]

im almost surtain its a king farlowella.

 

[Bloo]

Or one of these?
http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/image.php?image_id=671

I think Lisa has it

Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus / Knob nosed Whiptail Catfish

 

[LisaLQ]

im almost surtain its a king farlowella.

What's the latin name for that?

 

[Bloo]

im almost surtain its a king farlowella.

What's the latin name for that?

The only thing I can think of DiscusAngel meant, is the Royal Twig Catfish : Sturisoma panamense

 

[Gooner]

I tried to get some more photo`s this morning but he was burried in the sand and I didn`t want to disturb him.
I`ll get some photo`s at "Tea Time" as, believe it or not, he sits in the palm of my hand and feeds, in the water of course.
I have read somwhere that they are very delicate and they will starve to death trying to compete for food.

 

[DiscusAngel]

im almost surtain its a king farlowella.

What's the latin name for that?

The only thing I can think of DiscusAngel meant, is the Royal Twig Catfish : Sturisoma panamense

Ya, thts what i meant lol.

 

[Gooner]

Damn technology, its great when it works properly, digital camera has packed in.
Mobile phone photo will have to do i suppose.
This is the only decent photo worth sharing at the mo, hope it helps to possitivly id

 

[Bloo]

What a beauty and great shot. I still think it's a Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus - but I'm no expert.