Yesterday I stopped by one of my lfs. He had 2 of what his supplier called "dwarf bumblebee catfish" (title of my query in "What's my Catfish" forum) and their given source was Burma. That's about all the info he had on them.

Sirulus ID them as "Akysis prashadi or possibly Akysis vespa." Thank you ...

Mats: Thanks too.

BTW, I wasn't trying to suggest any doubt/denial of Silurus' ID. I was just wow'd! ...and trying to figure out how he came up with it so readily. So thanks as well for your advice on different pictuare angles, etc.

Now, when I looked up these species I did find Silurus seems to ...

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Call me curious... :?: May I ask how you are able to tell? Is it from the pictures? If so, what're you clues? ...or are these 2 species often called "dwarf bumblebee catfish"? ...or???

TIA,
--TommyBoy

PS: If anyone else can confirm, or thinks these guys are a different species, I'd ...

Anyone's/everyone's help would be greatly appreciated. I saw these today at my LFS. He didn't know much other than his source claims they come from Burma.

I would like to know:
1) their scientific name (if available/possible),
2) any habitat & husbandry info (feeding, compatability, etc.) too from ...