Pick #4 on C nattereri profile

[Birger Amundsen]

Looks like S prionotos, going by headshape and markings? Any thoughts?

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[Mod edit: Add link to the image --Mats]
[Mod edit2: Remove image link, as it no longer shows the fish in question --Mats]

[Birger Amundsen]

Just me that got an opinion it ?

[MatsP]

It's only been 12 hours... Patience..

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Mats

[Jools]

Could be, a second opinion from Medaka would be a good idea as he's also bred them and is used to looking at fishes of all sizes.

Jools

[Martin S]

Bump to ask medaka for a look at the image and comment...

[Jools]

Might be an idea to pm Adrian to ask? If he missed the first one (easily done), then he might miss this bump ?

Jools

[Martin S]

OK, will do.

[medaka]

Sorry guy's.
I have not been available for a few days.
Apart from other things personal, I have been tying up some loose ends for the CSG's 2011 Convention. (11 more days until the convention).

The photo shown as image 4 in the Cate-log C nattereri IMO is

Scleromystax prionotos

C nattereri seems to be a bit more compressed than S prionotos; and I have always found that the central blue lateral line tapers somewhat from the caudal peduncle towards the head in S prionotos, whereas this blue line in C nattereri appears to be more uniform.
I still have the pair that I first spawned back in 2002 (see Shanes World for report)
and I have a trio of C nattereri.
Unfortuneately I have not yet taken photo graphs of the C Nattereri .
But they are kept together, as in the wild these catfish occur side by side.
(However; I read some time ago that a Corydoradinae catfish with very similar markings to both C nattereri & S prionotos was found in another area).

[mummymonkey]

S. prionotus at 4 months old for comparison.

The dorsal markings appear to match up.

At 1 month.

Images can be used for catelog if you want.

[Jools]

I've moved "pic #4". Would someone else like to add the images from Graham?

Jools

[Birger Amundsen]

I got a few shots to put on the nattereri page, if wanted??