Is This A Aluminium Catfish

Destination Doha

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hi all i think i have had this cat id as a aluminium catfish (Chrysichthys furcatus)do you guys and girls agree thanks
doha :good:
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judging from 10 min on google i found this

scientific name for aluminum catfish Gephyroglanis longipinnis OR Chrysichthys brevibarbis


I image searched the both of them and the latter i found some pictures of a older looking example and it was much more metallic looking than the one you have pictured here however it was hard to find a conclusive answer as there is not a lot of info about this fish, the second scientific name did not even have a common name for the fish and was named in 1899 by a man named Boulenger.

Also the dorsal fin placement and structure of the fish you have pictured does not appear to match

http://www.planetcatfish.com/images/mid/claroteidae/chrysichthys/longipinnis/1.jpg

this is a young example
 

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