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ID please?

It's a of some kind.

Silurus wrote: ↑26 Apr 2024, 03:15 It's a

Pareutropius

of some kind.

Thanks. That was my idea too. It's so long and slender I was thinking not and not , although there is a faint lower stripe like debauwi has. I was also looking at , but I don't know.

The store has only one, so it's not a fish I would take home. But if they had a group, they'd make a good tank.

Thanks again HH.
Eric

I am leaning towards .

Okay. That was my other thought, but from the few pictures we have I thought it might be too robust.

I need to look up the different species in scientific papers to get more info on them. I know almost nothing about this group

Thanks HH.

Cheers, Eric

If it's truly bycatch then it'd have to be a big net to catch both at the same time...

(Kryptopterus and allies are Asian whereas the species mentioned are African)

Could it not be another Asian species? Or it's a mix-up at a wholesalers near to the point of sale of course rather than true bycatch.

mix ups do happen, and certainly secretive species are vulnerable for this.

A wholeseller does not waste much money on lights and therefore it is easy to think a tank is empty while it is not.

Very true - I've even seen LFS staff do it as a bycatch appears with one lot of fish and it gets transferred to another tank where it looks a bit more like the species being officially sold.

Was just making the point that if it was truly bycatch it can't be the African species.

Indeed true. "Contaminant" is another word used in this context, and a better fit than "bycatch" since the fish wouldn't have been caught together.

Cheers, Eric