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| Scientific Name | Pareutropius buffei (Gras, 1961) |
| Common Name(s) | Three Striped African Glass Catfish |
| Type Locality | Bas-Ouémé between Dannou and Adjohon, Benin [Dahomey]. |
| Synonym(s) | Eutropiellus buffei, Eutropiellus vanderweyeri, Eutropius buffei |
| Pronunciation | buffy aye |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 76mm (3") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Most often these catfish are imported and sold as P. debauwi, often leading to an alternative common name of ''debauwi cats''. This isn't accurate however. The true P. debauwi is rarely imported and has several distinguishing features. P. buffei has three body stripes, the lower is broken around the pelvic fins and a stripe or spot on each of the caudal fin lobes. P. debauwi on the other hand has one body stripe and clear caudal fin lobes. These are not very good identification parameters however, as telling the two fish apart requires adult fish. Fish less than 30mm or so in length of both species do not have all of these features, for example often young P. buffei have clear caudal fins and a greatly diminished lower stripe. |
| Sexing | Females are heavier bodied, but this difference is slight and only noticeable in mature specimens. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Widespread in Nigerian & Cameroon Rivers African Waters  , Cameroon rivers (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Nigeria Rivers (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Cross (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| pH | 6.5 - 7.5 |
| Temperature | 23.0-26.0°C or 73.4-78.8°F (Show others within this range) |
| Other Parameters | Slightly soft water is preferred. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | All prepared food, most frozen foods. Flake, bloodworm and brineshrimp are ideal. |
| Furniture | Open swimming space hedged with plants. Not too much light, ideally floating plants will give the best results in terms of settling the fish. |
| Compatibility | A perfect citizen for the small to medium sized community tank. To combat shyness keep this fish in shoals of at least six individuals. |
| Suggested Tankmates | The more active tetras, smaller barbs, rasbora and danios. These fish will also do well with loaches and other active bottom dwellers. To combat shyness keep this fish in shoals of at least six individuals. |
| Breeding | This fish is an egg-scatterer and thus the recommended two females and single male should be removed from the spawning tank immediately after laying eggs. Water temp. for this should be around 76F and the eggs will hatch after 3 days. The young eat freshly hatched brineshrimp and will grow rapidly. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (Ser. 2)v. 32 (no. 5) (1960) - pp406 - Fig. 3 |
| Registered Keepers | (1) Birger (k: 15), (2) ali12345, (3) Moontanman, (4) chris 1 (k: 6), (5) Oliver D. (k: 5), (6) Barracuda518 (k: 5), (7) invaderwithkey (k: 4), (8) Suckermouth (k: 7), (9) Plunt, (10) Dinyar, (11) TP (k: 15), (12) corycat, (13) Barbie, (14) malawiman1, (15) fischkringli (k: 7), (16) carolynkline, (17) Norbert (k: 5), (18) Bijn (k: 8), (19) tijani (k: 2), (20) hankinswood (k: 7). Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
| More Resources |
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| Last Update | 2005 Nov 20 00:00 (species record created: 2001 Apr 26 00:00) |
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