Catfish Study Group = Open Show 2005

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The Catfish Study Group’s 6th Annual Open Show and Auction took place on September 18th at St Elizabeth’s Parish Hall, Aspull, Nr Wigan. There were 157 entries this year a whopping 55 over last years count, spread over 27 classes.

The entries were of the highest quality with some really large cats on parade. The Best in Show went to a quite magnificent Synodontis decorus, the best and most colourful that I have ever seen. The second went to the pim, Microglanis iheringi which has been on the show bench for a few years now and still looks superb. Third best was the old cory favourite, C. pygmeus, and when you get a good one, as here, they take a lot to be beaten. One of my favourites on show was a Pimelodus maculatus with really nice markings and the "Crystal Eyed Catfish", Hemibagrus wyckii at least 18ins in length and not be be messed with.

As the show was getting judged the auction went into full swing, not as many members and public attended this year as there was a couple of other fish auctions taken place that day. It just meant that I could at least stretch my legs, which was one good thing. The quality and diversity of the fish being sold was excellent with plenty of Cory's being sold and some quite unusual fish such as the Dwarf Horseface Loach, Acantopsis octoactinotus, a pair making its way north in my car and doing very nicely thank you.

The food on offer from the kitchen was of course still of the highest "Northern" standard with meat & potato pie and mushy peas being the "coup de grace" as far as I'm concerned. A big thankyou of course extends to all the kitchen staff for keeping us fed.

Another great show came to an end at approximately 7-15pm with many prizes being given out. The pleasant surprise this year was a goodie bag for every person entering fish which meant that nobody went home empty handed. I had nearly a 500 mile round trip but it was worth it for the fish on show and in the auction, and of course the main thing at these CSG events is meeting up with like minded souls and just talking about CATFISH.

Allan James,

(CSG Webmaster)
webmaster@catfishstudygroup.org

Show Winners

1	ASPIDORAS		ENTRIES 2
1	G Toft	Independent	A. pauciradiatus	70
2	J Hetherington	C.S.G.	A. pauciradiatus	68

2	BROCHIS		ENTRIES 3
1	Phil Aspinall	C.S.G.	B. multiradiatus	77
2	D & L Speed	C.S.G.	B. splendens	69

3	CORYDORAS “A” up to 57mm		ENTRIES 16
1	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	C. pygmeus	85
2	D & L Speed	C.S.G.	C. melini	84
3	D & L Speed	C.S.G.	C 033	83.5
4	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	C. loxozonus	83

4	CORYDORAS “B” over 57mm		ENTRIES 14
1	I & K Wallbridge	Bradford	C. concolor	84
2	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	C. imitator	81
3	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	C. leopardus	80.5
4	J Hetherington	C.S.G.	C. sterbai	78.5

5	CORYDORAS TYPES		ENTRIES 1
1	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	Corydoras sp.	77

6	A.O.V. CALLICHTHYIDAE		ENTRIES 5
1	A Taylor	C.S.G.	Scleromystax prionotos	77
2	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Dianema urostriatum	76
3	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	Scleromystax prionotos	75
4	R Blackburn	Castleford	Lepthoplosternum pectorale	72

7	ASPREDINIDAE		ENTRIES 4
1	Trevor Morris	C.S.G.	Bunocephalus amuarus	85
2	Trevor Morris	C.S.G.	Bunocephalus amuarus	84
3	S Grant	C.S.G.	Agmus lyriformis	83
4	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Platystacus cotylephorus	72

8	AUCHENIPTERIDAE		ENTRIES 6
1	I & A Mogford	Sutton	Liosomadoras oncinus	78
2	D & L Speed	C.S.G.	Trachelyichthys exilis	75
3	A James	C.S.G.	Auchenipterichthys thoracatus	74
4	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Trachelyichthys exilis	66

9	BAGRIDAE		ENTRIES 5
1	I & A Mogford	Sutton	Pseudomystus siamensis	83
2	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Hemibagrus wyckii	81
3	R Blackburn	Castleford	Mystus mysticetus	78
4	I & A Mogford	Sutton	Leiocassis poecilopterus	75

DORADIDAE

ENTRIES 4

1	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Platydoras costatus	81
2	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Agamyxis pectinifrons	80
3	Roy Blackburn	Castleford	Ancanthodoras spinossimus	76
4	B Aspinall (J)	C.S.G.	Amblydoras hancockii	73

11	LORICARIIDAE up to 130mm		ENTRIES 9
1	I & K Wallbridge	Bradford.	Parotocinclus maculicauda	86
2	I & K Wallbridge	Bradford	Parotocinclus maculicauda	84.5
3	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	Parotocinclus spilosoma	84
4	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Hypancistrus zebra	79

12	LORICARIIDAE over 130mm		ENTRIES 7
1	I & K Wallbridge	Bradford.	Megalancistrus parananus	89
2	B Aspinall (J)	C.S.G.	Scobiancistrus auratus	86.5
3	I & A Mogford	Sutton	Crossoloricaria rhami	86
4	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Hypostomus regani	85.5

13	LORICARIIDAE L&LDA Nos up to 130mm		ENTRIES 13
1	D & L Speed	C.S.G.	Peckoltia sp. (L163)	82
2	D & L Speed	C.S.G.	Hypancistrus sp. (L260)	80
3	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Hypancistrus sp. (L260)	79
4	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Peckoltia braueri (L121)	78.5

14	LORICARIIDAE L&LDA Nos over 130mm		ENTRIES 3
1	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Peckoltia sabaji (L075)	80
2	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	Peckoltia sp. (L200)	73
3	D & L Speed	C.S.G.	Peckoltia sp. (L200)	72

15	MOCHOKIDAE up to 130mm		ENTRIES 3
1	B Barnes	C.S.G.	Synodontis multimaculatus	86
2	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Synodontis polli	79
3	A James	C.S.G.	Mochokiella paynei	78

16	MOCHOKIDAE over 130mm		ENTRIES 16
1	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Synodontis decorus	86
2	I & A Mogford	Sutton	Synodontis angelicus	87
3	A James	C.S.G.	Synodontis angelicus	82
4	D & A Blundell	C.S.G.	Synodontis alberti	80

17	PIMELODIDAE up to 100mm		ENTRIES 4
1	D & L Speed	C.S.G.	Microglanis iheringi	82
2	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	Brachyramdia marthae	78
3	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Brachyramdia imitator	73
4	J T Morris	C.S.G.	Microglanis iheringi	69

18	PIMELODIDAE over 100mm		ENTRIES 3
1	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Aguarunichthys torosus	85
2	P Aspinall	C.S.G	Pimelodus pictus	82
3	P Aspinall	C.S.G	Pimelodus maculatus	79

COLDWATER CATFISH

ENTRIES 0


20	SPECIAL - UNIDENTIFIED		ENTRIES 1
1	Roy Blackburn	Castleford	Synodontis sp.	78

21	A.O.V. CATFISH		ENTRIES 8
1	A Taylor	C.S.G.	Akysis prashadi	85
2	D & L Speed	C.S.G.	Hara horai	83.5
3	D & L Speed	C.S.G.	Akysis prashadi	83
4	Roy Blackburn	Castleford	Akysis prashadi	82.5

22	PAIRS - ASP/BROCHIS/CORYS		ENTRIES 6
1	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Corydoras leopardus	78
2	J Hetherington	C.S.G.	Aspidoras pauciradiatus	77
3	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	Corydoras duplicareus	75
4	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	Corydoras sterbai	74

23	PAIRS - AOV CATFISH		ENTRIES 8
1	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	Scleromystax prionotos	82
2	B Barnes	C.S.G.	Synodontis petricola	81
3	J T Morris	C.S.G.	Hemiodontichthys acipenserius	79
4	P Aspinall	C.S.G.	Synodontis polli	77

24	BREEDERS - ASP/BROCHIS/CORYS		ENTRIES 7
1	A Taylor	C.S.G.	Scleromystax prionotos	92
2	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	Corydoras simulatus	91
3	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	Corydoras duplicareus	90.5
4	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	Corydoras similis	90

BREEDERS - A.O.V. CATFISH

ENTRIES 3

1	D & L Speed	C.S.G.	Sturisomatichthys foerschi	88
2	B Barnes	C.S.G.	Synodontis polli	87
3	B Barnes	C.S.G.	Synodontis petricola	85

26	FAMILY CLASS – Pair & Breeders Team		ENTRIES 4
1	Adrian Taylor	C.S.G.	Scleromystax prionotos	167
2	B Barnes	C.S.G.	Synodontis petricola	166
3	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	Corydoras duplicareus	165.5
4	Mr & Mrs S Brown	C.S.G.	Corydoras simulatus	161

27	BREEDERS – MASTER CLASS		ENTRIES 2
1	S. Brown	C.S.G.		271.5
2	B Barnes	C.S.G.		254

SPECIAL WINNERS 2005

Best Fish in the Show. The TetraMin Award

1. Phil Aspinall of C.S.G. for a Synodontis decorus (Class 16)
2. D & L Speed of CSG for a Microglanis iheringi (Class 17)
3. P Aspinall of CSG for a Corydoras pygmaeus (Class 3)

Best Corydoras – The Yvonne Cank Memorial Trophy

Mr & Mrs S Brown of CSG for their Corydoras pygmaeus

Best Breeders, The Linnaeus Award donated by TetraMin

A Taylor of CSG for his team of Scleromystax prionotos

Best Overall Synodontis Species, donated by LMB Aquatics

P Aspinall of CSG for a Synodontis decorus

Best Catfish over 300mm - J T Morris Trophy

P Aspinall of CSG for his Hemibagrus wyckii

Highest Pointed Exhibit (Not a single fish) Clint Cup

A Taylor of CSG for Breeders team of Scleromystax prionotos - 92

Junior Trophy – Amanda Junior Cup

B Aspinall of CSG for his Scobiancistrus auratus

SPECIAL CHOICES 2005

President’s Choice, Masterstaff Trophy

I & A Mogford of Sutton for a Synodontis angelicus (Class 13)

Secretary’s Choice, donated by A & D Hodges

P Aspinall of CSG for his Agamyxsis pectinifrons (Class 10)

Show Secretary’s Choice, presented by B Baldwin Trophy

I & A Mogford of Sutton for a Panquolus albomaculatus (Class 11)

Social Sec’s Choice, presented by J & J Mead plaque

R Blackburn of Castleford for a pair of Pseudopimelodus pulcher (Class 23)

Chairman’s Choice, presented by George Waterhouse

D & L Speed of CSG for a Microglanis iheringi (Class 17)

Editor’s Choice, presented by A M Taylor

J T Morris of CSG for a Bunocephalus amauras (Class 7)

Zoukai Choice, presented by A & L Morris

P Aspinall of CSG for his Hemibagrus wyckii (class 9)