Real Shampupa?

[Elwood]

Just bought this Panaque as Panaque sp. but I think is a

Panaque titan

.
I'm wrong?

004 di Riccardo B, su Flickr

[rob rensen]

No, it's a L191



check out my 418's http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 2&start=80

[megacat]

Do you have better pictures?

[matthewfaulkner]

I agree with Rob, looks more like

Panaque sp(l191)

. If it were

Panaque titan

, at that size (looks to be between 10-15cm?) I'd expect to see brighter, more orange coloured eyes.

Panaque titan 15-20cm

[rob rensen]

L418 15 cm

[Elwood]

Thank you guys
So L418 must have at least 1 straight line from head to tail, brighter green and red eyes (in juvenile), right?

[matthewfaulkner]

So L418 must have at least 1 straight line from head to tail, brighter green and red eyes (in juvenile), right?

The eyes (I would call them orange in colour) and the brighter body colour, yes, but not a continuous line. The lines on both these fish are very variable.

[rob rensen]

there's also a difference between the tailfins...

[rob rensen]

and a few years later the L418 looks like this

[Elwood]

Thank for the pictures Rob, you got such a beautiful animals!