Rarely seen catfishes from Sumatra

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Rarely seen catfishes from Sumatra

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Recently one of my favorite fish shop sent me a notification message of two newly arrived catfishes from southern Sumatra. I was expecting some occasionally available catfishes like small bagrids & clarias, but then they sent photos & turned up to be better things.

This one listed as kekel (Javanese name for Glyptothorax platypogon) from supplier, we guess it's Glyptothorax platypogonides.
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And this one... Listed as asian banjo (expecting Acrochordonichthys rugosus), actually more like Acrochordonichthys ischnosoma.
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Very nice indeed
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Another pics from the shop yesterday

Ventral side of A. ischnosoma
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Fully acclimated G. platypogonides
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And also newcomers from the same locality
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Really nice fish there!!!
Animusartificio wrote:I was expecting some occasionally available catfishes like small bagrids
Which small bagrids do you usually encounter???
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Shovelnose wrote:Really nice fish there!!!
Animusartificio wrote:I was expecting some occasionally available catfishes like small bagrids
Which small bagrids do you usually encounter???
Thank you. :)

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