brachynema... Frightening fish ! Too big for my tanks !
The dark one is back to the shop, I hope the 3 other ones don't belong to the same species...

Funny, I just saw what I believed to be the same 2 species in a shop. They were both in the same tank and were labeled C. auratus. And I saw the same differences. There were 6 of the golden/olive colored species and this one other fish. Dark/black, about the same size as the others. But it ...

I guess Pimelodella gracilis !

But can both fishes belong to the same species (male and female), whatever species it is, despite the differences in colour and shape of the head ?

Hello everybody,
6 months ago, I bought 4 young, 2 inches long, silver Chrysichthys, as "Chrysichthys sp Nigeria".
They now have grown up to 7 inches, but I am sure 2 species are present, as one of them is much darker and as a wider head than the three others :

http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/15/28 ...

Richard B wrote:If i see any Brachy or Hemisynos i'll let you know

Are those sometimes for sale in the UK ?

I think I shall try it... Thanks for the help !

I am a Belgian aquarist, new member on this forum.
I always loved catfishes, but for years they only were the fellows of my main fishes : cichlids and livebearers.
I still do maintain cichlids and livebearers, but more and more, the catfishes become the main lodgers of my tanks.
I'm busy with 4 ...

And what about the specimens in the hobby ? 20 or 50cm is a notable difference; a 20cm fish can live in a normal tank, while a 50cm one needs a swimmming pool...

Hello everybody !
I am a Syno lover: I already have brichardi, flavitaeniatus, pleurops, robertsi, schoutedeni, always in little groups...
I have a question about S. ornatipinnis : 40cm on Planet Catfish, 20cm in the book "Faszination Welse", 17cm on Scotcat !
How big can this species really grow ...