Unknown Species

[3ndl3r]

I purchased some form of Twig catfish today, the LFS had two on their own in an unlabelled tank. Even they weren't sure of the exact species,

I will have some pics up tommorow night, but they are dark brown with lighter patches. Also quite flat bodied, have long tails.

Can anyone help me ID them?

Cheers

 

[rabbut]

Sounds like some form of Whiptail The photos will help when you can get them up

 

[3ndl3r]

managed to get a couple of pics, can only upload one though as my internet is beang an @ss, sorry.


the fish have been swiming around a little bit, i think they're still abit shocked etc.

 

[love4aquatic]

managed to get a couple of pics, can only upload one though as my internet is beang an @ss, sorry.


the fish have been swiming around a little bit, i think they're still abit shocked etc.

were did you get that? it looks like a bamboo shark a little!

i think it might be a Rineloricaria species most likely Rineloricaria parva

 

[bae1994]

it does look like a bamboo shark

 

[rabbut]

It *could* be a whiptail also, but the picture is very hard to tell from. Any chance you could try for another photo? If you set the camera to macro mode, you will get a better up-close shot, and hopefully less blury I have never come across bamboo sharks though, so Bae1994 and love4aquatic may be correct with that guess also...

All the best
Rabbut

 

[xingumike]

It is a whiptail, not a bamboo shark, the fact that it is alive in in what I assume is freshwater is a bit of a giveaway lol.

as for which whiptail, they are a nightmare to ID, Rineloricaria it is but what species is not possible to say imo from that photo and may well not be even with a better one, collection point is sometimes the only way to do it and that can be hard to get from importers.

 

[3ndl3r]

Sorry these are the best pics i can get with my phone cam, may try with my dads digi later on.
Few more pics.

Will go try digi cam.

Cheers

 

[bae1994]

It is a whiptail, not a bamboo shark, the fact that it is alive in in what I assume is freshwater is a bit of a giveaway lol.

as for which whiptail, they are a nightmare to ID, Rineloricaria it is but what species is not possible to say imo from that photo and may well not be even with a better one, collection point is sometimes the only way to do it and that can be hard to get from importers.

i didnt mean itn was i was just saying it looked like one

 

[3ndl3r]

These are the best pics i can get off the digi.
Hopefully a bit clearer... or not, dads camera is really crap...

A vid also

 

[rabbut]

Deffinately a whiptail. As above though, the species is going to be realy difficult to track down exactly

 

[3ndl3r]

hmm ok thanks.

Im assuming all whiptail care is pretty similiar?

 

[xingumike]

yeah pretty much, look at the info for hasemani and eigenmanni, they are two commonly exported ones.

interesting markings on yours though, nice score

 

[3ndl3r]

Cheers, they cost me £20 each lol. Will these mix with Discus ok?

 

[rabbut]

I don't know TGH. £20 each isn't too bad a deal to be fair