Sturisoma

[novi]

What is a catfish? Sturisoma festivum is on the back. The festivum is brown and the other is silvery.

[Mod edit: Fix image links (I hope this works) --Mats]

[MatsP]

The "festivum" is definitely not true

Sturisoma festivum

, but perhaps

Sturisoma sp_aff_festivum

.

The other fish I would call

Sturisoma aureum

. Bear in mind that these fish are quite difficult to identify, and no recent scientific study has been made on them to help us with the identification.

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Mats

[novi]

The other fish I would call

Sturisoma aureum

.
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Mats

I'm not sure. I have adult Sturisoma aureum. Other sturisoma may not be an adult but it is quite different....maybe my aureum is not sturisoma aureum. Is it?





[Mod edit: Fix image links ... --Mats]

[MatsP]

Your new pictures look similar to mine [which I believe is S. aureum], but yours are very red in the fins - not sure if that's an individual variation or an indication of a different species, or some environmental differences (e.g. different food).

And I did say that these are not easy to identify.

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Mats

[novi]

, but yours are very red in the fins (e.g. differe[img]nt food).
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Mats

Thanks for your help and explanation. I would say that different food is not the reason of my St.aureum colour. I am using normal food, , and slice of hard cheese sometimes).

[novi]

L144 in the filter sump ;
fish kinder garden for Sturisoma festivum