species of Trichomycterus?

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species of Trichomycterus?

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Hi All,
Just today I received 2 of these cats. I'd guess they are Trichomycterus but little is behind of this guess. Seller told me they are from Peru. My images are far from being good because I was not able to capture them showing full length (caudal fin is distorted because my jar has rounded corners - should get one with right corners! - so, I have a separate image of the caudal fin - hopefully when they are established I would be able to take some better pics of them). They are about 100 mm. I would greatly appreciate any ideas on genus and hopefully species.
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I'm sorry but I have no idea. No ID, but did remind me of these fellows at first but the eye position is wrong, so they can be discounted.

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Re: species of Trichomycterus?

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Jools wrote: 07 Apr 2021, 07:48 I'm sorry but I have no idea. No ID, but did remind me of these fellows at first but the eye position is wrong, so they can be discounted.
But these aren't even catfish.
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Ha! I didn't look that closely - appeared as Trichomyterus sp. Peru. I guess that's what I get for using social media...

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