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by bekateen
Today, 01:11
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: What is this tatia looking guy?
Replies: 5
Views: 76

Re: What is this tatia looking guy?

Bebefinn wrote: Today, 01:08It has been brought to my attention they are expecting you
LOL. The way you wrote that... it could be good, or it could be bad. =)) =))

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
Today, 00:58
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: What is this tatia looking guy?
Replies: 5
Views: 76

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 ...
by bekateen
Yesterday, 21:51
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: What is this tatia looking guy?
Replies: 5
Views: 76

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 ...
by bekateen
Yesterday, 20:26
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 29
Views: 10778

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 ...
by bekateen
Yesterday, 16:06
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 29
Views: 10778

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 ...
by bekateen
Yesterday, 04:30
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 29
Views: 10778

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
by bekateen
28 Jun 2025, 23:05
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 29
Views: 10778

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 ...
by bekateen
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: 117

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 ...
by bekateen
27 Jun 2025, 16:01
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Non-dissertation student research sticky
Replies: 17
Views: 109589

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 ...
by bekateen
26 Jun 2025, 18:55
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: My Public Aquarium: exhibit blues - how to make them?
Replies: 1704
Views: 1694307

Re: My Public Aquarium: exhibit blues - how to make them?

Viktor Jarikov wrote: 06 Jun 2025, 04:39
Dang that looks painful.

It's fascinating to watch these fish in your tanks Viktor. Thanks.

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
26 Jun 2025, 00:49
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Predictions are just that
Replies: 1
Views: 132

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 ...
by bekateen
25 Jun 2025, 21:26
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 29
Views: 10778

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

Here's one of the fry today, at least 6mm SL.
by bekateen
25 Jun 2025, 03:08
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Environmental preferences of Acrochordonichthys rugosus?
Replies: 0
Views: 123

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 ...
by bekateen
24 Jun 2025, 20:11
Forum: Bugs
Topic: Broken image links in SW articles
Replies: 0
Views: 141

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 ...
by bekateen
24 Jun 2025, 18:50
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species
Replies: 5
Views: 279

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 ...
by bekateen
24 Jun 2025, 17:45
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species
Replies: 5
Views: 279

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
by bekateen
24 Jun 2025, 17:38
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species
Replies: 5
Views: 279

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 ...
by bekateen
24 Jun 2025, 16:52
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: New Syno?
Replies: 5
Views: 193

Re: New Syno?

That's an interesting fish! What is the store calling it?

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
24 Jun 2025, 02:28
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 29
Views: 10778

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

medaka wrote: 23 Jun 2025, 18:22You did the spawning 😀
LOL, technically, I think the fish did the spawning, but I'm happy to get credit for it. :-)
medaka wrote: 23 Jun 2025, 18:22Hope to see you again sometime.
Agreed! Maybe CSG 2026?

Cheers,
Eric
by bekateen
23 Jun 2025, 14:12
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 29
Views: 10778

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

medaka wrote: 23 Jun 2025, 10:18 HI Eric :-H

Again, congratulations on your spawning.
Can you guess who I really am? b-)
=)) Hi Adrian. Yes I sorted that a while ago. Thanks again for your advice.

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
23 Jun 2025, 07:03
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Tatia intermedia spawned!
Replies: 69
Views: 155393

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
by bekateen
23 Jun 2025, 06:52
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: New 33 gallon long (4 foot) tank with waterfall and kinon
Replies: 63
Views: 89182

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
by bekateen
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: 242201

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 ...
by bekateen
22 Jun 2025, 22:32
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 29
Views: 10778

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 ...
by bekateen
22 Jun 2025, 17:19
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Redescription of Hypostomus vaillanti
Replies: 0
Views: 120

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 ...
by bekateen
22 Jun 2025, 03:04
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Feeding habits of Synodontis nummifer
Replies: 0
Views: 223

Feeding habits of Synodontis nummifer

Olabi-Obath, D.B.C., Tsoumou, A., Mikia, M., Mady-Goma Dirat, I. & J. Vouidibio. 2025. Feeding habits of Synodontis nummifer, 1899 (Siluriformes: Mockokidae), from lower course of Tsiémé River (tributary of right bank of Congo River). Research Journal of Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, 13(1 ...
by bekateen
21 Jun 2025, 06:50
Forum: All Resolved Issues
Topic: Yuskaichthys
Replies: 2
Views: 200

Re: Yuskaichthys

I added it. I came across both spellings before adding the entry, but couldn't tell which was the correct spelling. Since the genus is extinct, neither entry appears in ZooBank or in the COF, so I went with the spelling I found first, which happened to be in the preprint. My mistake.

Thanks for ...
by bekateen
21 Jun 2025, 03:59
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 29
Views: 10778

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

This morning I collected six more fry from the tank, mostly by shaking out the spawning mop and the mass of Java moss. There's still more fry loose in the parents' tank, but they're difficult to catch.

The parents were very active around the spawning mop last night, so I was hopeful for more eggs ...

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