I'd agree with the C. simulatus ID. For the other fish, it appears to have a straight snout, which would imply a Brochis(sc3) species; for that, I think there are a few prospects, all similar:
Brochis(sc3) ambiacus
Brochis(sc3) delphax
Brochis(sc3) sp(cw057)
Brochis(sc3) sp(cw082)
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- Yesterday, 19:23
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Help with ID of new catfish
- Replies: 2
- Views: 37
- Yesterday, 18:55
- Forum: Asian Catfishes
- Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10950
Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
New spawns continue! There are fresh eggs in the mop this morning!
Spawn #1: 19 June (discovered at 5mm SL - my guess is these are already about 1 week old)
Spawn #2: 01 July (discovered at 13mm SL - these are probably at least 1-2 weeks older than the fry found on 19 June)
Spawn #3: 01 July ...
Spawn #1: 19 June (discovered at 5mm SL - my guess is these are already about 1 week old)
Spawn #2: 01 July (discovered at 13mm SL - these are probably at least 1-2 weeks older than the fry found on 19 June)
Spawn #3: 01 July ...
- Yesterday, 15:22
- Forum: Asian Catfishes
- Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10950
Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
I can do that, but I'll try to grow them out further first.
Cheers, Eric
Cheers, Eric
- Yesterday, 01:11
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: What is this tatia looking guy?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 111
Re: What is this tatia looking guy?
LOL. The way you wrote that... it could be good, or it could be bad.


Cheers, Eric
- Yesterday, 00:58
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: What is this tatia looking guy?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 111
Re: What is this tatia looking guy?
These guys are in with what I believe to be T. Gyrina and t. Brunnea but I wanted to double check if my ID for these guys was good since I’m hoping to take some home.
While you’re here you should visit ARCOF and their aquarium. Its small but its the best aquarium in south america imo. Dr Anthony ...
While you’re here you should visit ARCOF and their aquarium. Its small but its the best aquarium in south america imo. Dr Anthony ...
- 01 Jul 2025, 21:51
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: What is this tatia looking guy?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 111
Re: What is this tatia looking guy?
Hi Bebefinn. Welcome to PlanetCatfish!
I believe that fish gets sold as Tatia aulopygia , although the ID is questionable. It's sometimes listed as T. cf. aulopygia (as you see in the book) to reflect the uncertainty. Local retailers, if I recall, sell it at Tatia dunni , but again the ID is ...
I believe that fish gets sold as Tatia aulopygia , although the ID is questionable. It's sometimes listed as T. cf. aulopygia (as you see in the book) to reflect the uncertainty. Local retailers, if I recall, sell it at Tatia dunni , but again the ID is ...
- 01 Jul 2025, 20:26
- Forum: Asian Catfishes
- Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10950
Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Definitely see new hatchlings today. First, I witnessed one egg hatch under the false floor and saw another unhatched egg, then I picked up the mop and shook it out to discover fry of three sizes. Now I'm convinced the largest fry are not simply better fed than smaller siblings. This is definitely ...
- 01 Jul 2025, 16:06
- Forum: Asian Catfishes
- Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10950
Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Can you pop the parents into another tank temporarily?
Hi edds, yes I could move the parents, but I'm leaving town in a week or so for an extended trip and I'll need to have someone else caretaking the fish. I'd rather not make changes among the adults just before leaving. Since there are still ...
- 01 Jul 2025, 04:30
- Forum: Asian Catfishes
- Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10950
Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Today, after looking again at how much bigger the fry are loose in the tank, I gambled and released the fry from the fry box back into the parents' tank. Fingers cruised they don't get eaten.
Cheers, Eric
Cheers, Eric
- 28 Jun 2025, 23:05
- Forum: Asian Catfishes
- Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10950
Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
10 day update: There are still a few fry loose in the tank, in addition to the fry in the fry box. What I'm seeing, which I've seen before in other species, is that the fry surviving in the tank are growing much faster than the fry in the fry box. I presume the main explanation is that there are ...
- 28 Jun 2025, 00:23
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Is a catfish skin extract the cure for Type-I diabetes mellitus?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 123
Is a catfish skin extract the cure for Type-I diabetes mellitus?
This paper states it uses a preparation made from "Arabian Gulf catfish" and cites three papers for technique. Those papers used what is described as either Netuma bilineata or Netuma thalassina , depending on which prior citation you check.
Al-Hassan, J.M., Renno, W.M., Oommen, S., Nair, D., Paul ...
Al-Hassan, J.M., Renno, W.M., Oommen, S., Nair, D., Paul ...
- 27 Jun 2025, 16:01
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Non-dissertation student research sticky
- Replies: 17
- Views: 109722
Morpho-functional variation in the genus Sturisoma
Raunelli Montoya, G.S. 2024. Morpho-functional variation in the genus Sturisoma (TELEOSTEI: SILURIFORMES: Loricariidae) in the Peruvian Amazon: Ecological and evolutionary implications. Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.
Raunelli Montoya, G.S. 2024. Variación morfo-funcional ...
Raunelli Montoya, G.S. 2024. Variación morfo-funcional ...
- 26 Jun 2025, 18:55
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: My Public Aquarium: exhibit blues - how to make them?
- Replies: 1704
- Views: 1697578
Re: My Public Aquarium: exhibit blues - how to make them?
Dang that looks painful.
It's fascinating to watch these fish in your tanks Viktor. Thanks.
Cheers, Eric
- 26 Jun 2025, 00:49
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: Predictions are just that
- Replies: 1
- Views: 135
Predictions are just that
From The End Is Nigh :
Dear Planet Catfish,
It is clear from the reading of Nostradamus that the world will end when L666 is pictured in a source called DATZ. What L number are we up to now?
Concerned,
United States of America
4th July 2000
Dear Concerned,
Between 1988 and 1995 there were 210 ...
Dear Planet Catfish,
It is clear from the reading of Nostradamus that the world will end when L666 is pictured in a source called DATZ. What L number are we up to now?
Concerned,
United States of America
4th July 2000
Dear Concerned,
Between 1988 and 1995 there were 210 ...
- 25 Jun 2025, 21:26
- Forum: Asian Catfishes
- Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10950
Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Here's one of the fry today, at least 6mm SL.
- 25 Jun 2025, 14:58
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species
- Replies: 5
- Views: 442
Re: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species
Excellent. Thanks HH.
Cheers, Eric
Cheers, Eric
- 25 Jun 2025, 03:08
- Forum: Asian Catfishes
- Topic: Environmental preferences of Acrochordonichthys rugosus?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 132
Environmental preferences of Acrochordonichthys rugosus?
Hi All,
In doing some literature research on peat swamps, I found a paper saying that Acrochordonichthys rugosus (and another species in the same genus) is found there, at least in the North Selangor peat swamp forest (NSPSF), Selangor ( REFERENCE HERE ). But our CLOG page for this species states ...
In doing some literature research on peat swamps, I found a paper saying that Acrochordonichthys rugosus (and another species in the same genus) is found there, at least in the North Selangor peat swamp forest (NSPSF), Selangor ( REFERENCE HERE ). But our CLOG page for this species states ...
- 24 Jun 2025, 20:11
- Forum: Bugs
- Topic: Broken image links in SW articles
- Replies: 0
- Views: 156
Broken image links in SW articles
Hi Jools,
Not trying to make work for you, but the following articles have broken image links, or other issues if noted so. (FWIW, originally, I stumbled upon two SW articles, but then later decided to stroll through all of SW and the ABOUT & HELP tabs to see if other issues existed... needless to ...
Not trying to make work for you, but the following articles have broken image links, or other issues if noted so. (FWIW, originally, I stumbled upon two SW articles, but then later decided to stroll through all of SW and the ABOUT & HELP tabs to see if other issues existed... needless to ...
- 24 Jun 2025, 18:50
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species
- Replies: 5
- Views: 442
Re: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species
Oh, cool new species.
It's mentioned as such in the paper [Bagarius sp. ‘Salween’ Ng & Kottelat, 2021:141(Salween River).] So i think it's a safe bet. But, best to await @Silurus to confirm.
Cheers,
Jools
Thanks for the info. I posted just before heading for work, so haven't had time to read ...
- 24 Jun 2025, 17:45
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species
- Replies: 5
- Views: 442
Re: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species
Is the same as the new B. protos? I added a clog tag in the above post, but I didn't add B. protos to the CLOGs until I know if these are the same.
Cheers, Eric
Cheers, Eric
- 24 Jun 2025, 17:38
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species
- Replies: 5
- Views: 442
Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species
Bagarius protos .
Bagarius dolichonema .
Zeng Y-Y, Pu X-R, Lei H-T, Oo TN, & X-Y Chen. (2025). A taxonomic review of Bagarius catfish (Siluriformes, Sisoridae) in the Salween and Irrawaddy rivers, with descriptions of two new species from China and Myanmar. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3 ...
Bagarius dolichonema .
Zeng Y-Y, Pu X-R, Lei H-T, Oo TN, & X-Y Chen. (2025). A taxonomic review of Bagarius catfish (Siluriformes, Sisoridae) in the Salween and Irrawaddy rivers, with descriptions of two new species from China and Myanmar. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3 ...
- 24 Jun 2025, 16:52
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: New Syno?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 205
Re: New Syno?
That's an interesting fish! What is the store calling it?
Cheers, Eric
Cheers, Eric
- 24 Jun 2025, 02:28
- Forum: Asian Catfishes
- Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10950
- 23 Jun 2025, 14:12
- Forum: Asian Catfishes
- Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10950
Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
medaka wrote: 23 Jun 2025, 10:18 HI Eric![]()
Again, congratulations on your spawning.
Can you guess who I really am?![]()

Cheers, Eric
- 23 Jun 2025, 07:53
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
- Topic: My first Microglanis aff. poecilus spawn
- Replies: 41
- Views: 65439
- 23 Jun 2025, 07:03
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
- Topic: Tatia intermedia spawned!
- Replies: 69
- Views: 155708
Re: Tatia intermedia spawned!
Caught the adults today. The largest fish is about 12cm SL. FWIW, last June, when I started this 33-gal long waterfall tank with kinon, the largest specimen was 10cm SL (HERE).
Cheers,
Eric
Cheers,
Eric
- 23 Jun 2025, 06:52
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: New 33 gallon long (4 foot) tank with waterfall and kinon
- Replies: 63
- Views: 89524
Re: New 33 gallon long (4 foot) tank with waterfall and kinon
Gutted this tank today to remove all juvenile . Here's what I found:
Cheers, Eric
33 gal long tank update 2025-06-22
Cheers, Eric
33 gal long tank update 2025-06-22
- 23 Jun 2025, 06:19
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
- Topic: New group of 6 Microglanis iheringi... or are they? SPAWNED!
- Replies: 149
- Views: 242704
Re: New group of 6 Microglanis iheringi... or are they? SPAWNED!
Update on one of my Microglanis aff_iheringi. Today I purged my 33 gallon long tank with the waterfall and kinon to remove all the juvenile Tatia intermedia (I removed over 30 large juvies from the November and February spawns). In the process, I was able to collect and view the Microglanis in the ...
- 22 Jun 2025, 22:32
- Forum: Asian Catfishes
- Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10950
Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Hi @Achim,
Thank you and thanks for the photos and extra information. By comparing your hatchling photos and hatching information, I conclude that my fish may have spawned about 7-10 days before I discovered the fry, as my fry look similar to your "week old" fry.
I now have about 20-25 fry in a ...
Thank you and thanks for the photos and extra information. By comparing your hatchling photos and hatching information, I conclude that my fish may have spawned about 7-10 days before I discovered the fry, as my fry look similar to your "week old" fry.
I now have about 20-25 fry in a ...
- 22 Jun 2025, 17:19
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Redescription of Hypostomus vaillanti
- Replies: 0
- Views: 126
Redescription of Hypostomus vaillanti
Zawadzki, C. H., Penido, I. S., Lustosa-Costa, S. Y., & Ramos, T. P. A. (2025). Re-describing and ascertaining to homeland Hypostomus vaillanti (Steindachner, 1877) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a golden and black pleco from Northeast Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology, 1-11.
https://doi.org/10.1111 ...
https://doi.org/10.1111 ...