0 Product: Products: (empty) No products. To summarize, I think the fish in question is apurensis and not a batrochoglanis species, could it be some kind of rare, yet undescribed species? Possibly but very unlikely methinks. Porthole Catfish and over 2000 species on stock with 24 hours express delivery to your door. If I recall correctly, males typically have one orifice, female will have two, an anus and an oviduct at the forward position. In Females the genital papillae is usually smaller and rounded in shape rather than distinctly 'V' shaped.
With male fish there will be a pointed V shaped genital papillae at the forward end of the orifice. First one must flip the fish over on it's back using net, Tupperware what have you, then closely observe the "naughty bits" or the ventral area, take a close up photo if possible. Pseudopimelodid's are relatively easy to determine the sex, similar to sexing many synodontis', bagrid, ilacturids and others as well. Apurensis come from Venezuela, The Apure and Orinoco River systems, Many tributaries of the Orinoco exist in northeastern Colombia so the species should be the same. Fowleri now permitted for export from Brazil! Anyway, I've talked with Jeff Rapps before he sold the store, much respect and trust for his knowledge so no doubt about the fish's origin. Alexandri both from the Rio Sao Francisco in southern Brazil- banned from export for over a decade. The fish will grow in length up to 8.2 centimetres (3.2 in). It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the Amazon River basin in Brazil and Peru. Albomarginatus (Suriname) smallest, and L. The porthole catfish or slender catfish, Dianema longibarbis, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae of the family Callichthyidae.
Thousands of new, high-quality pictures added every day. As Viktor stated, the other species in the group like L. Find Flagtail Porthole Catfish Dianema Urostriatum stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. Nothing else in the genera looks the same other than L. without a clear profile shot and possible camera angle distortion it also does seem to have slimmer body proportions making me think it may be a male fish, even then an undersized specimen for it's age but then my fish was a female so no experience with a male of this species. Apurensis despite it's unusually dark pigmentation.