"Burmese Mini Catfish - Ereithes Conta"

[Dinyar]

Saw this -- "Burmese Mini Catfish - Ereithes Conta" on a Singapore list. Any idea what it could be?

My best guess is Erethistes maesotensis.

[Silurus]

Should be. Though it should be Hara maesotensis.

[Dinyar]

Thanks.

And no Conta conta from Myanmar, right?

[Silurus]

I've never seen any. What Vinciguerra reported as Erethistes conta is in fact Hara filamentosa.

[Dinyar]

The list notes the length as 1". What do you think would be more likely for a 1" "Burmese mini-catfish": Hara filamentosa or Hara maesotensis?

[Silurus]

The latter. They don't seem to get any bigger than 1.5" SL.

[alton]

Nice post. I like it. Thanks for sharing these information. keep it up.

[mummymonkey]

I think now Hara maesotensis = Hara filamentosa?

[medaka]

Last year at a CSG auction there were some really small erethistini that were put through as H minuscula. I had a few bags, and at first glance they looked like H jerdoni, as my eyesight is now not as a good as it was, I had a chat with 'The dark one'.
Where, we both agreed that they were E minuscula, although they were tiny and somewhat overly thin. After a week of TLC they were quite clearly H minuscula even to my worsening eyesight. These now are doing really nicely and I am hoping to spawn these again next year.
So it may well be that from time to time, small young rather emaciated erethistini enter the trade under a variety of names simply because the exporter may have unintentionally erred with their identity.