Posted by gazel99 on February 26, 2003 at 06:01:56:
In Reply to: Re: What kind of Catfish is this? posted by wayneminot on February 25, 2003 at 22:33:22:
:Is the grey color kind of silvery? If so then I think you have a pimelodus pictus commonly called pictus cats do a search for them on google and see if you can find a picture to confirm thats what it is.
Wow!! Thanks to both of you for your help. You are definately right. Now I have another question. In my searching on google, I came across this page: http://www.planetcatfish.com/ilibrary/pimelodi/pimelodu/276_f.htm
which states that there are two variaties, a peruvian and a columbian. If this is true, what I have is certainly a peruvian. This person also says that only the columbian grows to the 12 to 14 inch size, but that the peruvian will not get as big. On other sites I saw sizes such as 4 to 6 inches. Can anyone verify?
