Novia Bombero?

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Novia Bombero?

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I was just at the LFS and saw some cats that I liked. They are called "novia bombero". I was also told that these were the relatives of "novia pijuayo". What are they? I really don't know what these are. They sort of looked like Tatia cats. Does anyone have more information? maximum size, diet and compatible tank mates? Thanks as always.

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These are Centromochlus (or maybe Tatia). I have seen C. perugiae sold as "novia feliz". They should stay under 3".
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Thanks HH. I will check it. It does look like it. I shall purchase one within the coming days and shall update you on that fish.
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Doesn't bombero mean fireman?

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Hi Jools!

Yeap you are right it is what it means, feliz means Joy...
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Yup that's right. Bombero even in Filipino (Philippine language) means the same thing, Fireman. I still don't know why these fish were called such, though.

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Mike,

If these are indeed C. perugiae, remember to check out Achim's article on breeding these fish.
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Post by Silurus »

Apologies for digging up this old thread, but I just stumbled on an exporter's website with all these "novia" catfish names.
Here are the names and the corresponding species"

Novia bombero : Centromochlus perugiae
Novia feliz: Trachelyichthys exilis
Novia otorongo: Parauchenipterus sp. (the otorongo woodcat)
Novia tatia: Tatia intermedia
Novia torito: Tetranematichthys quadrifilis
Novia pijuayo: Liosomadoras morrowi and L. oncinus
Novia sirena: Trachelyopterichthys taeniatus
Novia zapato: Trachycorystes trachycorystes
Novia madera: Helogenes sp.
Novia lechera: Acanthodoras cataphractus
Novia zevallos: Tatia aulopygia
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