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The fish in this photograph is Hexanematichthys sagor, not Arius sona (which should be Hemiarius sona, BTW).

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/_i ... ge_id=1881

Should all be done now. One new species added (Hexanematichthys sagor) and renamed Arius sona to Hemiarius sona.

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Mats

Cool, but, why?

Cheers

Jools

Jools wrote:Cool, but, why?

As in why is it identified as H. sagor?

Silurus wrote:

Jools wrote:Cool, but, why?

As in why is it identified as H. sagor?

That would indeed be helpful for future reference.

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Mats

HH,

Yes, why as in the ID, just because I like to populate the catelog page with that data so that in time I (we) can recall the reasoning.

Sorry if my previous post in this thread was too brief!

Cheers,

Jools

Very easy. Hexanematichthys sagor is the only (Asian?) ariid that has pronounced banding on the body in life.

It's even illustrated by Bleeker in his Atlas (as Arius sondaicus, a junior synonym of H. sagor).

gorgeous looking fish btw!

if that's (sub)adult size and freshwater, it should make a real beauty in any tank setup.....

is it a freshwater species of moderate size, HH?

I am pretty sure it's estuarine.

Jools

It's unfortunately a coastal/estuarine species (very young fish may survive for some time in fresh water). The banding is considerably more subdued when the fish is in water (and not so stressed).

This is a relatively large species for a coastal ariid, too. I just measured a 0.5 m (SL) specimen today for something I am working on.

I've added the identification to indicate the "only striped ariid".

I expect this can be closed?

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Mats

FWIW, the picture was taken in Malaysia. Reckon it can be resolved.

Jools