Erethistid

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 31 Dec 2003, 02:41

Hi all!
Just sharing the pic.
I've already run this by Heok Hee. They had a name Cheeta.
http://www.corydorasworld.com/gallery3/Dave/h64aa

Dave

Post by **Rusty** » 31 Dec 2003, 02:51

Dave,

This an Indian fish from Dolphin? We're seeing something called banded stone cat from Dolphin's Indian exporter. (see this)

Rusty

Post by **Silurus** » 31 Dec 2003, 06:12

It's an Indian fish that has been in the trade a while. Used to go under the name of cheetah catfish and is an undescribed genus and species.

Erwin · Post by **Erwin** » 31 Dec 2003, 11:32

I have seen this fish some years ago under the name Erethistoides montana. So Heok Hee is this a wrong ID?

Erwin

Post by **Silurus** » 31 Dec 2003, 11:39

Erethistoides montana actually looks more like any Erethistes species. Yes, that is the wrong ID. This fish has also been wrongly identified as Laguvia shawi. Mario de Pinna and I looked at the fish some years back and we agreed that it was an undescribed genus and species.

Erwin · Post by **Erwin** » 31 Dec 2003, 11:44

I've just found the ref. for the Erethistoides montana ID:

Kottelat, M. (1998): Neu oder selten eingefÃ¼hrte Fische ais Indien. (DATZ 51 (5): 329-331)

and

Freyhof, J. (2003): Zwerg-Sandwelse aus Indien. (DATZ 56 ( 8 ) : 33)

Erwin

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 03 Jan 2004, 16:28

It's not a baby something right? I mean, Dave, have you had this fish for a while and it's not grow fast?

Jools

Post by **Silurus** » 03 Jan 2004, 23:26

It's not a baby something right?

No it's not. I have seen these full grown and the exporters and tried unsuccessfully to keep some alive. They max out at about 4 cm SL.