Four-lined Pimodella

[horseperson]

not really sure where this goes, but i've been searching the internet for information about these catfish because i just got one for my boyfriends new tank, and i dont know anything about them. does anyone know a site that would be helpful?
thanks

[Silurus]

The name “four-lined pimelodella” is often used for

Pimelodus blochii

. Is this what you're talking about?

[Richard B]

I have seen that named applied to mystus species does it have 6 whiskers or eight - if it is six it's a pim

or better still anychance of a photo?

[Richard B]

By the way - welcome to the site horseperson

[horseperson]

i'm sure its a pim, because i got it from a pet store, i followed the link in the second response, and it was very helpful. right now its living in a tank with bala Sharks, rainbow sharks, an albino rainbow, and a plecy. needless to say it rules the bottom.

[Richard B]

It probably is but shop id's are sometimes wrong - the fairly common "2-spot pim" is actually

Mystus bimaculatus

a mystus species

[Mod edit: Using persistant clog-tags instead of clog-url --Mats]

[horseperson]

mine is definitely a 4 line, it looks like the one from the description, not the 2 spot.

[Richard B]

Sorry, perhaps i wasn't being clear. Your fish probably is a 4-line , what i was trying to say was that pet shops often make mistakes with identity's & used the 2 sopt as a well-known example.

A different example would be syno lucipinnis, which is still being sold in 99% of shops as syno petricola

[Plunt]

I bought a "Four-lined Pim" from a local store which ended up being a Pimelodus albofasciatus.

[MatsP]

I moved it to South American (Everything else), since it seems to relate to Pimelodus, which is a South American species.

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Mats