I think this is a Bagridae batasio

bettalady · Post by **bettalady** » 24 Oct 2010, 17:58

I got two of these catfish when I picked up some of the corydoras pymgys awhile ago at a lfs. I think they are the bagridae batasio but I would like to know for sure.
Thank you very much

And the housing is temporary. I am setting up a 10 gallon and eventually probably something like a twenty gallon long for them.
Also any info on these guys would be appreciated

Thank you again.

The.Dark.One · Post by **The.Dark.One** » 24 Oct 2010, 19:15

Hard to tell from these photos, but they look like theyve got long barbels so probably Brachyrhamdia, possibly B. meesi.

kruseman · Post by **kruseman** » 24 Oct 2010, 21:20

I go for Brachyrhamdia too. Maybe B. marthae. This species is known to coexist with C. pygmaeus so than this is socalled bycatch.
1 of the 3 looks different. Maybe a Dianema?

The.Dark.One · Post by **The.Dark.One** » 24 Oct 2010, 21:38

kruseman wrote: 1 of the 3 looks different. Maybe a Dianema?

Looks a bit like Lepthoplosternum pectorale

nvcichlids · Post by **nvcichlids** » 25 Oct 2010, 00:42

The.Dark.One wrote:
kruseman wrote: 1 of the 3 looks different. Maybe a Dianema?
Looks a bit like Lepthoplosternum pectorale

I was thinking the same, that the third was an odd fish out and looked like the lepthoplosterum pectorale by my first guess as well.

bettalady · Post by **bettalady** » 25 Oct 2010, 07:18

I think the third is a loach of some kind. it was in the same batch. One step at a time

Bas Pels · Post by **Bas Pels** » 25 Oct 2010, 07:54

Personally - I've had Brachyrhamdia - I rather think thay are a Pimelodella

kruseman · Post by **kruseman** » 25 Oct 2010, 11:43

Bas Pels wrote:Personally - I've had Brachyrhamdia - I rather think thay are a Pimelodella

The lateral stripe ends in a spot. That I dont see in Pimelodella.
The 3th one is a catfish for sure. Definitely not a loach. They're from Asia mainly.

bettalady · Post by **bettalady** » 04 Nov 2010, 06:35

I have more pictures (I found the good camera but they are now hiding)

And believe it or not they are not all the same picture
Sorry

bettalady · Post by **bettalady** » 04 Nov 2010, 07:07

Thank you for your help. I now know the id's to the last two of the catfish I was wondering about. Thank you very much

The.Dark.One · Post by **The.Dark.One** » 04 Nov 2010, 10:57

IMO definitely Brachyrhamdia. Probably marthae based on lack of eye bar

bettalady · Post by **bettalady** » 06 Dec 2010, 08:16

I think that they are an immature brachyrhamdia marthae. They are just starting to show the dorsal fin spot. They are in a twenty long right now with about 8 akysis longifilis and one cave

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 06 Dec 2010, 10:25

I hope there's fine sand in there, if you keep Akysis without a substrate, that's not good.

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