Brackish water catfishes

Mika · Post by **Mika** » 10 Mar 2005, 11:19

Are there others than
Mystus gulio
Aspredo aspredo
Hexanematichthys seemanni and other arius spp.

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 10 Mar 2005, 11:25

you might look into the Plotosids as well.

Post by **Silurus** » 10 Mar 2005, 11:56

Don't forget Mystus wolffii, M. armiger and Ayarnangra estuarius.

Post by **Shane** » 10 Mar 2005, 13:29

Not to menion a few ictalurids.
-Shane

Post by **Silurus** » 10 Mar 2005, 14:18

Oops. Forgot Akysis similis.

And occasionally, one will encounter Pseudauchenipterus nodosus in brackish water. Juveniles of large pimelodids (e.g. Brachyplatystoma) live in brackish water, but they do not spend their entire life there.

Mika · Post by **Mika** » 10 Mar 2005, 16:20

Juveniles of large pimelodids (e.g. Brachyplatystoma) live in brackish water, but they do not spend their entire life there.

IÂ´ve never heard about this.
Silurus glanis is the one i forgot.I`m just fooling around with the idea of starting brackish aquarium again.I once did have H. seemanni and they were very fascinating cats indeed.All these species seem to grow big and S.glanis is gigantic.

Post by **Silurus** » 10 Mar 2005, 16:42

Read Barthem & Goulding's "The Catfish Connection" for the life histories of large pimelodids. Field guides to the area (e.g. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic) also list large pimelodids.