Confirm which species of bumblebee?

[linuxrulesusa]

I recently purchased two catfish, sold under the label "asian bumblebee", but they were incidentally in a tank with lots of banjo cats and other catfish species.

Here is the best picture I have currently:



This looks more like the pictures I see of the SA bumblebee (the small one) here: http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/cotm. ... icle_id=91

Instead of the asian bumblebee P. siamensis here: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=708

Help ID'ing which I have would be much appreciated.

[Richard B]

This is a south American microglanis - not sure of the species though

[linuxrulesusa]

Thanks. Based on the above links as well as this one: http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/micro ... eringi.htm, it seems this is the dwarf SA bumblebee, so I'm probably looking at max length ~3-3.5" (some sources say closer to 2"), and lifespan maybe 2-3 years from now as it is probbly 1.5-2" already so at least a year old. Sound about right?

[nvcichlids]

I have had microglanis live for up to 5 years and up to 4"TL. I would guess this fish is about a year or so old. Definitely could/should be mature at that size if you have both sexes.

[The.Dark.One]

It looks like the one we know in the hobby as iheringi, although there is some debate about whether that is the correct name to use.