From this paper: KEY TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIES OF AGENEIOSUS 1a Caudal fin rounded, truncate, emarginate or slightly forked with rounded lobes ( Ageneiosus vittatus only) ..... 2 1b Caudal fin deeply forked with pointed lobes ..... 5 2a Dark stripes extending along sides of body; one dark blo...

You're welcome, Jools. It's fun to dig into papers and extract the keys. Only downside to this one is it begins with the dissected swim bladders.

Cheers, Eric

Kosygin, L., Singh, P., & Gurumayum, S. D. (2020). Glyptothorax giudikyensis , a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Manipur, India. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters , IEF-1136: pp. 1-10. Published 26 June 2020 DOI: http://doi.org/10.23788/IEF-1136 Glyptothorax giudikyensis ,...

From this paper: Diagnosis.— Rhinodoras is diagnosed within Doradidae by the unique combination of sides darkly mottled, usually with wide dark bars, light midlateral stripe absent; and labial tissue well-developed, fleshy, considerably expanded at corners of mouth forming relatively thick and round...

That mud puddle is crazy!

Someone said on another forum that they acclimated their fish straight from freshwater to marine the fish were fine in a reef tank for a short while then died, so no I’m stuck, did the salinity kill them or the reef environment. Setting aside the cycling issue for a moment (which is the bigger issu...

Hi redkittyxo, Welcome to Planetcatfish! Nice looking fish you have there. The fact that it has short bristles around the lip and its age and size tell me it's a female bristlenose pleco (genus Ancistrus ) of some type. There are a number of spotted varieties, and many of them change appearance with...

I always enjoy watching babies grow. Good for you!

Cheers, Eric

Akhilesh, K. V., Katkar, B. N., Chavan, B. B., Das, T., Prajapati, V. and C. Anulekshmi. (2019). Albinism in Engraved catfish from Northeast Arabian Sea. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical & Extension Series No. 240, 33. http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14326/1/MFIS_240_11.pdf In Maharashtra,...

Rahangdale, S., Rajan, K., Vinaykumar, V., Divu, D., Tarachand, K., Abdul Azeez, P. & S. Kapil. (2019). Taxonomic note on the Indian species of genus Netuma . Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series , Number 240, 26-27. http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14332/ In Indian waters...

Cortés-Hernández, M. Á. Donascimiento, C. & H. Ramírez-Gil. (2020). A new species of Pimelodella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Orinoco River basin. Zootaxa , 4808 (3). epub 3 Jul. 2020. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4808.3.5 https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/articl...

Very active! Good luck with them.

Cheers, Eric

This is an older work, but would have been worthy of inclusion at the time. But note, the Parotocinclus sp. 1 and P . sp. 2 in this work don't correspond to the same names in the CLOG here. Pitanga, Bruno Rocha. (2012). Parotocinclus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the ...

Tobes, I., Falconi-Lopez, A., Valdiviezo-Rivera, J., & Provenazano-Rizzi, F. (2020). A new species of Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the Pacific slope of Ecuador. Neotrop. ichthyol. , 18 (2), e190023. Epub June 26, 2020. ISSN 1982-0224. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2019-0023...

Zawadzki, C. H., Penido, I. S. & Lucinda, P. H. F. (2020). Hypostomus krishnamurtii (Teleostei: Loricariidae) a new species from the medium and upper rio Tocantins basin in Brazil. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters , IEF-1153, 1-10. Published 26 June 2020 DOI: http://doi.org/10.23788/IEF-115...

Bogan, S. & Agnolin, F. L. (2020). First fossil of the Giant Armored Catfish Acanthicus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Late Miocene of Entre Ríos Province, Argentina. Zootaxa , 4808 (3). https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4808.3.11 https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4808.3.11 Abs...

Kapoor, M. L. 2020. The only catfish native to the Western U.S. is running out of water. The High Country News, 52(7). https://www.hcn.org/issues/52.7/fish-the-only-catfish-native-to-the-western-u-s-is-running-out-of-water Ictalurus pricei In the spring of 2016, biologists at the U.S. Fish and Wildl...

Thanks, yellowcat. I had no idea if this would be a 5" fish or a 2.5 foot fish. That it's a dwarf giraffe (or whatever the common name is) is a relief!

Cheers, Eric

Hi Tom,

I've never heard that, but it might be true. Have you tried using cucumber to attract the snails and then remove them?

Cheers, Eric

It's been a while since I posted here, but today I received two pairs of Trachelyichthys exilis , so I thought I'd update my list: Auchenipterichthys coracoideus (breeding group of about 10 fish) Duringlanis perugiae (2 old males and 6 new additions) Spinipterus moijiri (2 pairs; no spawns yet) Tati...