Dark Morelia Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Hi Everyone, This is my first post in Catfish Corner. This Catfish i bought probably about 6 months ago, when it was a scrawny looking 2cm thing, which was just called "Catfish $7" It's now about 6cm, and very round, but it never comes out of hiding, apart from very quick darts for food, or when the light's off, so the only pic i've been able to get of it is in the net. http://www.geocities.com/dark_morelia/dcp_1754_800.jpg Try clicking this link, but it doesnt work for me, so just copy the URL and paste it into a new browser window and hit enter. (have no idea why just clicking it doesnt work!) My LFS has some more of them, which she ordered as Bumblebee cats, but it hasn't grown as big as my bumblees i've had in the past, and it's colouration isn't the same. on www.planetcatfish.com the closest thing i've found is Nanobagrus armatus, which is exactly the same shape as mine, could this be what it is ? If need be, I'll try and get a better pic of it. Thanks, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Welcome aboard Darky, Hope we can be of help. Your fish,,,,,,, Bagrichthys macracanthus, "Black Lancer" Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Morelia Posted June 9, 2004 Author Share Posted June 9, 2004 Hi Alan, I must need to take a better photo , as this fish is DEFINITELY not a Black Lancer, i've had a few of those too. Though it does have exactly the same colouration, and it acts the same as my lancers used to, it's not one, very different shape. And my lancers grew over 6", this one shot to 6cm in about 2 months, and has only got rounder since then. It might be worth fishing the bugger out again and putting him in my quarantine tank to get a decent pic of him actually in the water, displaying his natural shape. Hopefully not a hybrid ? Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Hi Andy, I'm a bit rusty here but I believe that there are two types of bumblebee cats...an Asian and and African. I don't remember the names...sorry...but maybe someone else's memory may be triggered by this . HTH. merjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Sorry Andy, Fooled me ... Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Morelia Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 Hi to all interested, No wuckers Alan. that's what i thought they were when i first saw them. Thanks Merjo, you put me on the right track. He's not an Asian Bumblebee, but in the same genus as that species. Looking on planetcatfish.com, under the scientific names, he's either a Pseudomystus aff. leiacanthus or a Pseudomystus sp. cf. stenomus Going by the sizes stated, it says "sp. cf. stenomus" grows to 6", it doesnt state the size for "aff. leiacanthus", but it states 62mm for the TRUE "P. leiacanthus." so i guess mine must be a P. aff. leiacanthus "Mottled Bumblebee Catfish." Anyway, I took some better pics of the little bugger. Unfortunately he's recently recieved some unfriendly attention from my Cichlids but he seems ok. http://www.geocities.com/dark_morelia/DCP_0001.JPG http://www.geocities.com/dark_morelia/DCP_0002.JPG http://www.geocities.com/dark_morelia/DCP_0003.JPG http://www.geocities.com/dark_morelia/DCP_0009.JPG (You'll probably hafta copy and paste the URLs again.) Thanks, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Hi Andy My guess would be Psuedomystus stenomus, it used to be known as leiocassis stenomus the False Bumblebee catfish. http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/stenomus.html Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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