If I recall my high school Latin sa is feminine and us is masculine and taxonomically the gender of the genus must be followed by the same gender for species name per matp.
I recently bought 10 High Dorsal Loricaria and I am glad that I received Sturisoma instead of Loricaria

Check Cat-e-Log under Pimelodus pictus. It will be something common, hardy, and a good seller.

Check out Pimelodus pictus in the Cat-t-log. I don't think they are going to stock anything but hardy, good selling, commonly available catfish. No picture and changing description will generate endless guessing but pictus cats show up at chain stores a lot.

I caught one 16 inches long from the Snake River in Eastern Washington but 10-12 inches is more typical. I think our state record is about 4-1/2 lb.s. They can be pretty voracious eaters and can reach 12 inches in a large tank. I would always catch them from a school of hundreds where somewhere near...

Shaun, Isn't it a bummer that there are so many fish to keep and never enough space and money to have it all. I could use a dozen 240 gal tanks for a start. I get bored sometimes with all my discus. I was in Seattle last weekend wishing for an Australian arowana just because I miss having a garbage ...

Stunning fish and photos. I have to limit myself to plecos 5 or less inches long but there's no denying the appeal of beatiful giants like yours.

Just a couple of comments: 1. With all those crepuscular catfish you may want to use a small wattage red light to observe them in otherwise total darkness when they are active. I've done this on a tank of 20 Tatia perugiae and they are seen swarming the tank for food. 2. To synoguy, If spotted rapha...

yannfulliquet, Thank you for taking a stab at this L199. I checked out all the Leporacnthicus on our cat-a-log and they are all very different from my fish. Mine are much more streamlined and lack the showy dorsal fins. I just washed up a photo tank and found the right size glass to confine them wit...

In the August, 2006 issue of TFH there is a Horst Linke photo of the ventral view of an unidentified pleco on page 57. This looks exactly like a group of L199 that I have. Aside from the fact I am trying to breed them they have proven themselves to be a specialized snail eater, especially the common...

Guess no one had anthing to say about the DIY surgury I recommended. I think it would be sucessful but maybe euthanasia would be best if you have finished with your side show, so please put it out of it's misery as I doubt you had serious plans for it's ultimate space demands. I'm not "flaming&...

I concede that I should have been mere tactful in my response. Researching any unfamiliar fish should be your first step before buying. I apologize if I was too harsh. The pitfalls of keeping any giant catfish or for that matter any fish that grows to 5 feet and 100# have been so extensively written...

What is your point? It's illegal and unethical to release it into the wild. It is a tropical catfish that has not evolved for coldwater anyway;you want to put it in your outdoor pond? The 55 degF is optimistic for Oregon. The fish will not feed nor be able to digest at those temps. You should'nt own...

There may be a viable option for this red tail cat's problem. Fortunately the problem is something it can live with for awhile. Here is my suggestion. Order some quinaldine fish anesthesia and put him under for what inevitably will be extremely stressful for the fish. Push the belly in and remove as...

Deb,
You got me, should read long lived and loved. Should add that they are less social than regular otos but does best in groups.
One of my favorite catfish, hard working and more effective algea eater than reg. otocinclus.
Larry

Grab a bunch. they are very hardy long loved and diurnal. You won't be sorry.
Larry

Hello L-fans, We don't have much information on this L199 species yet but I have a group and have noticed some things of interest. They are attractive, apparently uncommon, stay fairly small and are outgoing even in the light. I have been maintaining a group of 5 and they do a lot of chasing each ot...

They have been I.D. for you but I just want to complement on how nice your C. metae look. They are an old favorite of mine but I've never found really young one to grow out. They look so nice compared to freshly imported adults.
Larry

whiteymoza,
You go for it. You'll gain insights by experimenting on ideas of your own that no one or no book can provide and they'll be all your own.
Larry

Catfish_mad, My answer to what foods contain vitamin B complexes is not to sound flippant; this is how I handle it. I add a high quality commercially available multivitamin to the foods I make and to whatever prepared food the fish will eat 3 or 4 times a week. Every feeding for a fish that comes in...

whiteymoza I made an errant assumption that all your fish were in a 10 gal. Sorry about that. Re: leaf litter is natural but it can degrade rapidly so it can be a lot of work maintaining optimum H2O quality. Sometimes it's worth it though for simulating natural conditions. I tried it with wild caugh...

Hi reginator,
Cool aquisition the fish gods were smilin at you that day.
You could probaly never find B. imitator if you were searching specifically for one. One of those once in a lifetime things, I think.

Hi Taratron, I'm a banjo cat fan. I have 6 little ones scattered in my paired discus tanks with 6 or so more of my baby BN's. The two make a heck of a cleanup team. I have always wanted to try breeding Banjos. I'll bring them all together when they are big enough to spawn. The Singapore shrimp would...

Catfish_Mad Sounds like your catfish has long been fed an inadequate diet. This may be to late to help as these guys arn't normally difficult to feed. If you can isolate him from competition and if he is at least still eating, I would recomend vitamin supplements rich in B1 and for good measure food...

Whiteymoza, That's an awfully heavily popoulated 10 gal you have there. It's about right for a single pair of common BN plecs. Can you segregate the various species you really have your heart set on breeding? I would recommend at least a 20L per project. I am trying to breed L066 and I have 8 adults...