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by Narelle
16 Aug 2023, 11:45
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Best websites to get comprehensive data on museum inventory?
Replies: 11
Views: 4521

Re: Best websites to get comprehensive data on museum inventory?

VertNet, iDigBio, and FishNet2 (last seems least popular/updated) are widely used databases cataloging specimens in museum collections. The records there should generally include collection site information. How well populated these databases are depends on individual institutions digitizing their c...
by Narelle
04 May 2023, 15:15
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Banjo cat identification
Replies: 13
Views: 3814

Re: Banjo cat identification

That said, bunocephalus minerim and bunocephalus larai are that size, but I don't understand a lot of the anatomy talk in the chart. Epiphysial bar? Scapulo-coracoid? Most of the anatomical terms in the key are features of the skeleton. Cardoso, the author of the dissertation this key is from, was ...
by Narelle
29 Dec 2022, 15:49
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: Synodontis nigriventris in a bad state
Replies: 14
Views: 2901

Re: Synodontis nigriventris in a bad state

I would disagree with adding further medications without fully diagnosing the root issue. In my opinion your choice of medication was appropriate. I would have called this ich, and the medications I've used successfully to treat ich in catfishes in the past also contained malachite green (viride mal...
by Narelle
11 Dec 2022, 04:31
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Reviving an aquarium club?
Replies: 2
Views: 643

Reviving an aquarium club?

Hello all, I am a member of the aquarium club at the school where I'm working on my PhD. This is an official school endorsed club, not a typical local aquarium club, so it has a few odd rules to work around. The undergrads running the club wanted to try to get it to be more like a real aquarium club...
by Narelle
04 Dec 2022, 17:47
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Redefining Pareuchiloglanis
Replies: 2
Views: 830

Re: Redefining Pareuchiloglanis

Jools wrote: 04 Dec 2022, 12:51 If I could get a PDF of this work I will update the cat-eLog, or once it appears on a CoF update I will then eventually catch this.

Thanks for posting,

Jools
Got this one for you too. 👍
by Narelle
04 Dec 2022, 17:46
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Parotocinclus pukuixe, new species from the rio Pardo basin
Replies: 2
Views: 925

Re: Parotocinclus pukuixe, new species from the rio Pardo basin

Jools wrote: 04 Dec 2022, 12:45 I'd appreciate a PDF of this if anyone has it - no rush!

Jools
Got it for you!
by Narelle
26 Nov 2022, 19:21
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: A different new Cambeva
Replies: 3
Views: 1703

Re: A different new Cambeva

Jools wrote: 26 Nov 2022, 18:53 If anyone has a copy of this description, I would appreciate it.

Thanks,

Jools
I just grabbed it for you. 👍
by Narelle
07 Nov 2022, 03:02
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Representing Planet Catfish while I...
Replies: 4
Views: 999

Representing Planet Catfish while I...

..teach! When I got my Planet Catfish shirt from @Jools at the All-Aquarium Catfish Convention, I was told to take pictures in it doing "something cool." I'll do many more cool things, but for a start, I thought teaching the lab for my advisor's ichthyology course might count? This week wa...
by Narelle
07 Nov 2022, 03:01
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022
Replies: 69
Views: 14610

Re: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022

I'm late responding, but thank you for finding this version, Jools!

Jools wrote: 13 Oct 2022, 11:28 Here's an even better pic @Narelle. :-)

Jools
by Narelle
13 Oct 2022, 02:19
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Dream Bagrid
Replies: 8
Views: 2607

Re: Dream Bagrid

Those are gorgeous! Great find!
Looking forward to hearing about your spawning endeavors!
by Narelle
13 Oct 2022, 02:02
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022
Replies: 69
Views: 14610

Re: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022

As always, I had an excellent time, but it feels like it went by too fast! It's like I blinked and it was already over. It was great to see everyone! And to get to meet some more of you in person, though I didn't get to say hi to all the PC people that attended. It's the people that really make (mad...
by Narelle
31 Aug 2022, 22:06
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022
Replies: 69
Views: 14610

Re: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022

I will be attending! I'm really bummed it's the last one though. I had big dreams of being invited to speak at one of these one day, once I get some catfishy publications under my belt. Hope that works out Chris, will be good to see you. I am considering producing a Planet T-shirt for the event - wo...
by Narelle
02 Jan 2022, 21:57
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Another impulse purchase: a lone Asian bumblebee cat
Replies: 12
Views: 7628

Re: Another impulse purchase: a lone Asian bumblebee cat

Not something I'm working on with Kevin, is it? Yes, one of the two is. - They are super efficient egg eaters. I think several egg scattering catfishes spawn more often than we know but the chances of egg/fry survival with the parents is very, very low. Do you think Pseudomystus are egg scatterers,...
by Narelle
30 Dec 2021, 17:29
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Another impulse purchase: a lone Asian bumblebee cat
Replies: 12
Views: 7628

Re: Another impulse purchase: a lone Asian bumblebee cat

Narelle, speaking of confusion, there is also this reference in one of the articles here on Planetcatfish, a COTM article on this species: Despite the fact it is hard to find a catfish book that doesn't feature this species, surprisingly little hard fact beyond basic husbandry exists. Experiments i...
by Narelle
30 Dec 2021, 13:28
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Another impulse purchase: a lone Asian bumblebee cat
Replies: 12
Views: 7628

Re: Another impulse purchase: a lone Asian bumblebee cat

My favorite fish! <3 You want to get more, are you hoping to spawn them? (In case you haven't come across it yet, these don't do well housed in groups like your Microglanis do. They will attack each other.) Back in the day I had dreams of spawning this species and did a lot of reading that I compile...
by Narelle
15 Nov 2021, 13:20
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Thoughts on imperiled species in the aquarium trade?
Replies: 0
Views: 2111

Thoughts on imperiled species in the aquarium trade?

I'm curious how everyone else feels about wild caught individuals belonging to imperiled (endangered, critically endangered, according to the IUCN Red List ) species being sold to the general public through the aquarium trade? In more serious fish keeping circles, there's a lot of excitement around ...
by Narelle
13 Nov 2021, 13:59
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Notorus Flavus? (Stonecat)
Replies: 5
Views: 2811

Re: Notorus Flavus? (Stonecat)

I sure hope they're N. insignis. At least the one is definitely N. insignis ! I can confirm that with certainty. (These particular madtoms, in PA, are very familiar to me – I did my undergrad in fisheries in PA, have collected and kept N. insignis , and did research on N. flavus .) It’s just that I...
by Narelle
07 Nov 2021, 17:45
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Notorus Flavus? (Stonecat)
Replies: 5
Views: 2811

Re: Notorus Flavus? (Stonecat)

I can only see identifying features in one fish per picture (the fish laying along the bottom of the bag in the first, and the one swimming near the surface in the second), but at least that fish is Noturus insignis . Most likely they are both the same, but clearer pictures would be necessary to con...
by Narelle
07 Nov 2021, 17:44
Forum: Suggestions, Feature Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Citations?
Replies: 8
Views: 12798

Re: Citations?

Hi, I'm so sorry I never came back to this thread! I completely forgot about it - I posted it in the middle of organizing a cross country move, then got here and started a PhD, so I've been a bit distracted. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I wasn't familiar with COF previously. That was exactly ...
by Narelle
10 Jun 2021, 14:29
Forum: Suggestions, Feature Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Citations?
Replies: 8
Views: 12798

Citations?

Is there any way to include some citations for CLOG pages where external sources are referenced? More than just the original description? I know not everything here can be sourced if the information comes from anecdotal reports from within the hobby, but I think it would be valuable to have a way fo...
by Narelle
14 May 2021, 12:33
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: A life update?
Replies: 19
Views: 10272

Re: A life update?

I thought I'd tack one more thing on here - I graduated from my undergraduate program this past weekend, and thought you all might appreciate how I decorated my cap. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/700870705973166215/842725137241341982/unknown.png ( It came out much messier than planned, as I...
by Narelle
03 Apr 2021, 23:53
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: A life update?
Replies: 19
Views: 10272

Re: A life update?

Thank you, racoll! That's pretty neat that there have been a few people in this boat. Excited to join the club!

This place is definitely something special, whoever we want to blame for it. I'm very glad I found it when I did!
by Narelle
31 Mar 2021, 02:29
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: A life update?
Replies: 19
Views: 10272

Re: A life update?

We haven’t discussed anything about Pseudolaguvia specifically, but we haven’t talked about specific projects I’d be working on yet. A couple months ago we talked about a lot of exciting potential directions we could go, but nothing definite. I only just got the news on the admissions decision and w...
by Narelle
28 Mar 2021, 17:14
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: A life update?
Replies: 19
Views: 10272

Re: A life update?

Thank you all for the encouragement and kind words! I will definitely keep up the updates, Jools.

Silurus wrote: 28 Mar 2021, 11:00 Kevin your advisor?
Yes! I'm very excited to be working with him.
by Narelle
27 Mar 2021, 15:03
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: A life update?
Replies: 19
Views: 10272

Re: A life update?

Thank you! Still probably a little soon on the "Dr." title, but I'm very much looking forward to earning it. P.s., What school (or do you not want to say yet)? Texas A&M! Their Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program. (A very long time ago I sent a pm to @Silurus and this school (and ...
by Narelle
27 Mar 2021, 13:32
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: A life update?
Replies: 19
Views: 10272

A life update?

I wanted to give a small update here about an exciting change on the horizon for me. I know I've talked about this in the past some, but Planet Catfish was absolutely instrumental for me in finding my passion for freshwater fish. I don't think I would be where I'm at today at all if I hadn't found t...
by Narelle
14 Jan 2021, 12:57
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Are they breeding? (Pseudomystus heokhuii)
Replies: 1
Views: 7219

Re: Are they breeding? (Pseudomystus heokhuii)

I would be curious to see a video if you get one! I also keep this species and have seen a few behaviors over the years that might have been spawning related, but nothing ever came of it that I saw. I have a group of 6 with plenty of room to hide, so if there were ever eggs laid, I missed seeing the...
by Narelle
07 Jan 2021, 19:00
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: What's agamous?
Replies: 16
Views: 4704

Re: What's agamous?

I'm late to the discussion, but I wouldn't be so quick to assume that asexual reproduction couldn't be happening in nature. I recall from my ichthyology course a couple years ago that wild Amazon mollies reproduce asexually - the females mate with males from other livebearer species whose sperm pier...
by Narelle
26 Dec 2020, 13:31
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: busted heater
Replies: 15
Views: 6930

Re: busted heater

I have heard of it more with glass heaters than plastic ones, but typically this is caused when the heater is on when you do a water change and it get exposed to air. I believe it can also happen if the heater is unplugged but immediately removed from the water. I was taught when I was an aquarist i...
by Narelle
19 Dec 2020, 22:14
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Which Bumblebee catfish are they?
Replies: 6
Views: 2528

Re: Which Bumblebee catfish are they?

The dark marks on the tail are there, just faint. They are visible in that first photo in particular. It seems they might vary among individuals? Mine has never had as large or bold of marks on his tail as many of the fish in the Cat-E-Log, but it looks like a few fish in the pictures there have the...

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