Can't help you with husbandry, but the fish in the pictures appear to be O. pabda; O. pabo has really short maxillary barbels, barely extending past the eye.

This is the fish in question, I suppose?

I'd be greatly obliged if you could find the time, HH.

I've emailed Skelton as well, but he too has a hard copy and is presently unable to access his office due to covid restrictions.

Anyone have a copy of, or have access to, Vol 1 of Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters? I would be grateful for a copy of Skelton, P.H. & White, P.N. (1990) Two new species of Synodontis (Pisces: Siluroidei: Mochokidae) from southern Africa. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 1, 2...

I think you are thinking of Janne (Ekström), not Yann Fulliquet. Yes, I was. Apologies. that is what they have been doing in Brazil and with great success; by stopping the trade in fish whole area's became economically worthless and if an area is "worthless' it's an easy target for a dam or fl...

The second fish seems to resemble Cetopsorhamdia phantasia , as illustrated in Fishes from the lower Urubamba river (22MB PDF, page 437). The fish in the paper shows a distinctive row of spots across the middle of all the fins, something that is not clear in Amiidae's picture, but is apparent in the...

This means that the trade in them generate no revenue in the fishes' home range, and hence no financial incentive to protect them. More or less the point MatsP made. The way I see it, there is nothing stopping farmers in the country of origin raising large numbers of fish. Yes, they're a bit behind...

So, the battlefield here is perception, not fact. We, IMHO, so stop throwing facts around and deal with changing the perception. Changing perceptions is not an easy thing to do. It doesn't help that the portrait of an aquarist as a scientist/conservationist is well hidden behind the portrait of an ...

A subjective question, and perhaps not very practical. It makes sense when the species has a very restricted distribution. But, if the known distribution falls outside a protected area, how do you make a case for protecting the species if location data is not disclosed? Smuggling for the pet trade i...

Hi Darryl, Are you looking for catfish in particular, or just something to fill out the lower levels of the tank? If the latter, I'd recommend loaches rather than catfish. Something like Mesonemacheilus triangularis or M. guentheri , which share the same habitat in the wild, or one of the Indian Bot...

http://www.nagalandpost.com/channelnews/State/StateNews.aspx?though I didn't know you could catch something this size with electrofishing. Even though the article says "battery operated", they probably did not use one of the pulsed DC electroshockers used by biologists. The ones I've seen...

(a) smaller, even spots
(b) bristles rarely bi/trifurcated
(c) much harder to spawn. The common ancistrus in the American hobby takes about as much effort to spawn as a pair of convicts. These are much pickier about water parameters and spawning locations
(d) pickier about diet

Does no one have an opinion?

Some pics of eggs and wrigglers. Don't have any useful pictures of juveniles at the moment.

Hi all, I've had these for about 2 years now. No idea about provenance, they were purchased in Singapore and I'm the third owner. Male in the picture is about 12cm TL. They seem to prefer meaty foods and are a touch more particular about water parameters (very soft) and spawning locations ("tra...

On the topic of QRC based shopping; Virtual store in S Korea.

People don't buy fish/accessories like they do books and electronics. I would be interested in you expanding on the first sentence in the quote above. a) Fish/accessory purchases are likely to be long term investments and therefore less likely to be influenced by spur of the moment buying. If I've ...

Cross Mark D. once about his quality standards and DOA's and see what happens. I first purchased fish from Mark around 2005-06, when he'd just started selling online, and his service was impeccable. His mailing list is still going strong, so I assumed he was still doing as well. The growth / ROI ag...

Does it really make sense for a small-non chain store to invest in a snazzy web store? I am of the opinion this is something the chain stores can do, not smaller retailers. In the USA, there are a number of small retailers who sell online and specialize in hard-to-find stuff (Frank Greco, Mark Denar...

Those are large eggs!

Are the differences in the adipose fin consistent for sexing them as well?

The noise isn't so much an issue and shipping to the UK might be expensive so I will probably go for something UK based unless I can be sure about the power issue. I believe Jehmco will supply 220V versions of the linear piston pumps on request. I got hooked on them after seeing a couple in operati...

Thanks!

The adults and fry were fed once a week? Is this in keeping with the nutrient poor habitat the fish come from?

Could you please clarify "1 spoon of tea per 10 liters"?

Did you add 1 spoon of dry tea leaves to 10 liters of water, or did you add 1 spoon of the brew obtained by boiling tea leaves in water to 10 liters of water?

Shane wrote:This is the "Lamp" sp exported from the Congo. Anyone have a clue? Thanks.

http://www.dignall.com/gallery/d/54519-1/DSC01871.JPG

-Shane

This is L. werneri. L. tigripictilis has a greater number of bars.

Oops, should have searched...

Thanks HH.

Looks good, feels goood.

Convergent evolution never ceases to amaze me.

Do these fish show up in the hobby at all?

Hi all,
Was just browsing through the All Catfish Species Inventory and saw a pic of this fish... struck me as very Gagata like, especially the head. Does it come from similar habitats? And any ideas about diet?

yannfulliquet wrote:Talking about Us football...

I recall seeing a little drawing showing a coach presenting a play and having one of the linemen (probably defensive line) asking the coach about who will be playing the Hugs (o)and who will be playing the kisses (X)

cheers
Yann

ROFL.