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Hi guys, I know ur probably sick of helping people with I.Ds but unfortunately I have another one for you. I have been on the lookout for some kind of Pim. species for my 90 gal and I came across this guy who the guy only knew as some kind of Pim. I took a chance as he will take it back if its too big or something. Anyway I cant get a pic as all my cams are broke or I lost the lead. It is a Pim. as I say but I couldnt find it in the cat-e-log section. About 6-7" it is a grey/Baige with 2 lighter Baige lines running horizontally along its body. It also has 8 Barbels, 4 on the bottom of its mouth, 2 big ones to the side and 2 more pointing straight up above its mouth. Any help on this would be much appreciated

Sorry just forgot to put this in, It also has 2 quite large black circles on it with a tinge of yellow around them. These are just behind the head on each side and back towards the tail on each side, so 4 really sorry.

Hi there. With 8 barbels it's NO pim.
I'll have a look for you.

Thx Marc, the closest I could find to it was

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/im ... ge_id=4483

This doesnt have the black circles though and the fish in the phots lines along the body ae slightly thinner.

Have a look at

Your picture indicates it might be , but that one lacks the black marking on the tail.
However, if the stripes are that obvious, it's very likely not M. pulcher.
Have a look at all Mystus species in the Cat-eLog.

Thx marc. Judging by that pic u sent it looks like the Pulcher which is worrying as I wanted to keep this with some Bichirs and 5-6" doesnt look big enough really. I will look through the Mystus family now. Thx it always helps when u look at the right family eh.

Btw, very fast work.

This mat sound daft but I'm not up on catfish, what family are Mystus under as I cant find it in the a-z? Thx.

The link below should help if you are still stuck:



Jools

It might be , which is also in the Bagridae.

Hi guys, thx for all ur help. I am pretty certain it is a pulcher or rufescens/rufeceris, cant read my own writing. These two look very similar to me and it's had to tell as I dont think he has totally settled in the tank yet so hasnt reached his true colour etc...