Personal collection - fish - Siluriformes & Anguilliformes
Catfish and eels here, my favourites among fish.
Kaiyodo 2014 CapsuleQ Museum Animals of Japan part 5 - Lake Biwa set 05 (or QMN-036a, or Animatales 285a) 'Iwatoko-namazu' or rock catfish (Silurus lithophilus).
Original finish. Sculpted by Matsumura Shinobu. |
Kaiyodo 2014 CapsuleQ Museum Animals of Japan part 5 - Lake Biwa set 06 (or QMN-036b) rock catfish, xanthistic colourway. This species is the other catfish endemic to Lake Biwa in Japan, alongside the much larger Giant Lake Biwa catfish below.
Original finish. Sculpted by Matsumura Shinobu.
Original finish. Sculpted by Matsumura Shinobu.
Kitan Club 2013 Nature Techni Colour Nature of Japan vol. 02 19 'Biwako-o'namazu' or Giant Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis). They are a species found only in Lake Biwa and can grow to weigh over 140kg. They mate with the male and female twisting tightly around each other.
Original finish. Sculpted by Takayuki Hirata. Between 1:10 and 1:15. |
Kitan Club 2013 Nature Techni Colour Nature of Japan vol. 02 19 Giant Lake Biwa catfish, a flawed copy. Perhaps to be customized into a Wels catfish (Silurus glanis). Wels cats can grow to weigh at least 100kg and get nearly three meters long; historical accounts describe specimens of 400kg/5m. The fish are bright enough to lunge ashore to snatch up birds, splash their eggs with water if they are left on a drying shore, and occasionally attack humans when threatened.
Yujin Freshwater Fish in Colour, pt. 2 21 Amur catfish (Silurus asotus), 2nd paint version. These cats can grow over a meter long. 1:10 -1:20.
Sculpted by KOW. Original finish. Shown in the last picture with the above Kitan Silurus biwaensis. |
Colorata Endangered Species - Fossil Fish set 6 Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas). Quite a rare little figurine from the 1st version of the set, discontinued in 2011. Original finish.
At some 350kg, this is the world's largest freshwater species of fish. It is also terribly endangered. |
Kaiyodo-Furuta ChocoQ Animals in Japan series 4 119 'Akaza' (Liobagrus reini), a torrent catfish. These smooth-slick little catfish dwell under rocks in streams in Japan.
Around 1:1,5 scale. Pictures of the model pending while I build a little habitat base for it. |
Bandai 2010 DG Digital Grade Tropical Aquarium Fish set 13 Sterba's corydoras (Corydoras sterbai). These little catfish are native to central Brazil and Bolivia, and are a most popular aquarium fish.
Original finish. About 1:1. |
Kaiyodo-Takara 2003 ChocoQ Animatales Pet animals series 4 121 P56A Sterba's corydoras, wild colouration.
Original finish. About 1:1. Pictures pending. |
Kaiyodo/Takara 2005 ChocoQ Animatales - Animals in Japan series 10 236 Vermiculated Sailfin Catfish (Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus). Original finish. Pictures pending.
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Kaiyodo ChocoQ Pets Series 7 34 royal panaque (Panaque nigrolineatus). A scaleless, armored suckermouth catfish from South America. One of the few vertebrates to feed on and digest wood.
Shown on a custom base made to highlight the species' curious diet; the last picture shows the original base. Factory finish, base aside. |
Yujin Freshwater Fish in Colour, pt. 2 23 Japanese eel or 'Nihon unagi' (Anguilla japonica), 2nd paint version, freshwater/yellow stage. This fish is the only vertebrate known to produce a fluorescent protein.
Original finish. Sculpted by KOW. 1:5 - 1:10. |
Kaiyodo/Takara 2004 ChocoQ Animatales - Animals in Japan series 8 201 giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata). Original finish.
These fish can grow up to 2 meters long and live up to 40 years. Eel blood is toxic to mammals. This is called ichthyohemotoxicity. |