Unknown cat from Thailand

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 18 Feb 2003, 09:36

During the catfish extravaganza that was this weekend, came across these fellows. Anyone care to help ID?

Jools

Post by **Silurus** » 18 Feb 2003, 09:55

Kryptopterus cryptopterus, though I must add that this is not the real K. cryptopterus (which comes from Borneo, Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula), but a very similar-looking undescribed species.

coelacanth · Post by **coelacanth** » 18 Feb 2003, 12:29

K. cryptopterus was the name they were imported under at BAS, but they were doubtful. In the same aquarium they also had some other Kryptopterus that looked just like the regular Glass Catfish but finely spotted. The name of these is unknown, they were just imported as Spotted Glass Cats.

Post by **Silurus** » 18 Feb 2003, 12:36

In the same aquarium they also had some other Kryptopterus that looked just like the regular Glass Catfish but finely spotted.

Probably K. macrocephalus.

BIGblue · Post by **BIGblue** » 19 Feb 2003, 21:40

I saw some of these at the LFS. They were painted though. It seems like a lot of fish are starting to appear painted. Its a shame.

Post by **Silurus** » 19 Feb 2003, 21:47

Yeah, I started a thread about this on the forum a while back.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 21 Feb 2003, 09:26

Silurus wrote:
In the same aquarium they also had some other Kryptopterus that looked just like the regular Glass Catfish but finely spotted.
Probably K. macrocephalus.

These the ones?

Also found these:

Jools

Post by **Silurus** » 21 Feb 2003, 09:44

Fish in the top pic are K. macrocephalus indeedy. Those in the bottom pic are Neotropius atherinoides.

coelacanth · Post by **coelacanth** » 21 Feb 2003, 11:28

Silurus wrote:Those in the bottom pic are Neotropius atherinoides.

Ah. Hans and Ingo took some under the name they were imported under, Pseudotropius moolenburghae, I'll let them know.

Post by **Silurus** » 21 Feb 2003, 13:09

No, wait. They look like Pseudeutropius moolenburghae after all.

Bleh, what happens when you haven't had your morning coffee.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 21 Feb 2003, 14:10

I will have more pics soon I hope...

Jools

jscoggs27 · Post by **jscoggs27** » 21 Feb 2003, 16:24

How big do those pangasius grow? Are they smaller species?

Jason

Post by **Silurus** » 21 Feb 2003, 16:36

These aren't Pangasius...they are Pseudeutropius, the Southeast Asian version of the African striped glass cat (Pareutropius buffei).
They are a schooling species (usually found in the wild in very large schools of several hundred individuals) that grow to only about 8 cm max. Somewhat delicate fish requiring good water conditions, though.

Sid Guppy · Post by **Sid Guppy** » 21 Feb 2003, 18:54

My nephew got a shoal -10- of those as well; they do fairly OK; on all kinds of food; we thought they were Neetropius taakree from the Cat-e-Log....

We didn't know about those other genuses as well!

Post by **Silurus** » 09 Mar 2003, 13:09

After looking at a better picture of the same fish from Jools, I can confirm that they are not P. moolenburghae, but P. brachypopterus.

Unknown cat from Thailand

Unknown cat from Thailand

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