I'd go with for the longer one, but I would like to see a shot with a straight body / caudal fin as there are other things it might be.



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Nice pics! One for a Shane's World article?

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Hard to say 100% from the pic, but yeah, that definitely looks like it could be L071 (Scobinancistrus sp.). The spots and body shape fit. L071 and LDA33 are basically the same fish, just different trade codes depending on region, so don’t get too caught up in that.
If it’s around 12–15 cm and came ...

100% with Lee, although I can't see the characterstic feathery barbles, the more rounded shape of the caudal fin looks spot on.

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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.

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Jools

Nice work chaps,

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Excellent work! I think @medaka is the only other that comes to mind (maybe @achim too) that has spawned these or congeners but before breeding logs being available on this site.

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Loricariichthys stuebelii ANSP 181123
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Just noting I've got as far as here with additions to the Cat ...

Let us know if you find anything out - there is quite a lot of opinion about these, but when Ingo Seidel and I looked at them, he said they're all the same thing.

That's just made me think that I should consult his recent book - I'm away from home now but I will get back to it.

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Not especially. It's one of those where the location really helps. Things like spot size (small to very small), present or not in adults are variable. Size and shape are the same given the normal variance between sexes.

Statistically, your fish is most likely to be L071, but most major rivers in ...

I thought I'd write a quick update on progress with the image processing re-write. It's grown a few arms and legs as it now covers a lot of admin and article rework (i.e. shane's world, CotM etc.) too. I'm continuing to do all this work offline, so the plan is to get the updates online in one go ...

So, yes, it could be - or at least one of the geographic forms. This is a species with several location dependent l-numbers.

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It's a great report, do you have pictures to go with it too? I was wondering as the text seemed to reference them?

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Sure, I bought it from Wharf Aquatics after seeing it online. I'd expect it to be between $300 and $400 if ever in US. Roadtrip with my son to pick it up which was nice too. They were really good at the shop but did say it had been a really odd fish to settle in. It was the only one on sale, the ...

I have dissected specimens purchased from fish markets in Sumatra before, and their guts were full of very fine detritus (looks like substrate from large rivers). They probably ingested the substrate for the small invertebrates buried in them. The size of their mouths suggest that they can't eat ...

So, I have long sought this species and now I have a good-sized male swimming around at home. First experiences are that Bagrichthys hypselopterus is very odd fish.

It is very mobile, paddling around its tank but it often stays near the surface. I've seen it eating small sinking food, but it is far ...

Will get to this as soon as I can, thanks for reporting.


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I've been told more than once that the female fish will exhibit blue/green eggs when gravid. I can't quite make that out, but it could be two males "discussing" a good potential spawning site or it could be a pair establishing themselves.

This species hasn't been spawned in captivity, or at least ...

Ah, RIP Phil - sad to see the end of his story. Good luck with your next fishy endeavour.

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Gotcha, thanks Eric.

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This really does look to answer one of the big questions around these catfish. If I've read it right, the female produces proteins that "stun and shield" ingested sperm as it passes through her gut. That effect wears off as the sperm near the eggs and so fertilise the eggs like other fishes albeit ...

Yes, sorry all, bogged down in the image handler re-write - nearly seven weeks I've been at it.

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Excellent, thank you. That matches what my gut tells me about these guys. One day I'll try growing out some other talking cats to try to see if that holds true more broadly.

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Thanks Eric. What size where the adults when they started spawning - just trying to work out something like "they spawn at 60% of SL".

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So, I got a way into the cory renaming thing and, with a lot of help (thanks, @Bekateen), the names are all up to date. However, what this, and poor site performance, led me to find out is how we handle images is out of date. Any not very efficient either.

Written by @Rusty Lalkaka late in the last ...

OATA asked to help spread the word about this survey from a research student who is examining the trade in plecos.

Erin Foad is currently completing an MSc by research in Biodiversity Management at the University of Kent with a focus on the trade in plecos.

She says: “My research aims to provide ...

On May 27, 2025 Dreahmhost, our server provider, will be performing proactive maintenance on their MySQL VPS. During this maintenance window we anticipate approximately 30 minutes of intermittent connectivity disruptions to that MySQL service. All other DreamHost services will remain unaffected. We ...

I was thinking about this and I couldn't understand why, if this was the case, that all mobile phone access wouldn't fall foul of the regularly switching IP problem. It boils down to AT&T not sorting themselves out as you say but, looking at the logs, there is virtually no other examples of this ...

That does look like a lightsabre hanging on the tank! Here's a pic of a similar tank with some stuff growing out of it.

Probably this is . Pretty one mind you.

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Jools