How big is it?

Many of these stories usually pop up from rural villages so maybe the stories are either exaggerated or false. Like many of those piranha stories from the Amazon.

I doubt there is any useful info on attacks on people , none have been proven. Also aggression-wise , Wallago leeri seems more aggresive and bold. My attu's bite occasionally when disturbed but the leeri's will bite anything that moves in the tank(including my fingers). From papers i've read on Wall...

You probably know this , but watch for aggresion! They got a few here in SG a month back but decided against it after reading the C-O-M article.

Will try a request for the papers Mats metioned soon , If I visit Japan soon I might go around looking for one to bring back.

Hmmm wonder if we have any japan based members... I saw some for sale on a japanese site and they are also mass caught for food I've heard?

Hi guys , just got a question about Silurus biwaensis , it's not in the cat-e-log so it it a synonym for another sp.? Fishbase states they are endemic to lake Biwa in japan and there's a mounted specimen of 270cm probably TL. Just want to know abit more about it.

Hi guys , does anyone have the paper- Roberts, T. R. 1983 (6 May) [ref. 6816] Revision of the south and southeast Asian sisorid catfish genus Bagarius, with description of a new species from the Mekong. Copeia 1983 (no. 2): 435-445.- and can spare a copy? I saw it for sale but cant buy as I dont hav...

Temperature's in Belgrade may be too low for Clarias.

Sorry for straying off topic in your earlier thread. Google is what I usually use to search for scientific papers , but if you are looking for a specific paper (For example I'm looking for anything that covers Bagarius cats) the important ones elude me. Although from your description it sounds like ...

Can anyone enlighten me a good place to purchase/search for these pdf files? If it is only a small number of papers you want, post a thread in the "Speak Easy" forum (or maybe "Wanted"?) referencing exactly what you are after. Members can then email them to you if they have them...

Can anyone enlighten me a good place to purchase/search for these pdf files?

Haha lucky you , so many interesting species in india.

Very nice fishes , I used to keep a 8'' one some time back. I'm in singapore and strange enough I haven't seen this fish for a long time even though the countries they are from are pretty near. Which is the most commonly imported species?

Thats a long time , with a big tank and alot of food , thx for the info. Recently there are imports of large 30+" specimens in
singapore with a price tag of just under 1000sgd

Thx Jools , not sure why you cant view the link rob...

An aquarist on another forum enquired about the id of the fish in the youtube link. Having owned one for a short period of time , I at the time assumed it was Sperata aor and replied him so. Having seen the other three members of the Sperata genus , im now unsure about the exact i.d. of this fish an...

Garienpinus are popular food here , haha just joking , but iv'e seen many large garienpinus in ponds with other fish and i dont notice much aggression.

I was under the impression that feeder catfish were C.batrachus? Didn't know they were garienpinus.

Silurus , how do you tell them apart? Never seen anything other than batrachus and garienpinus here.

Doesn't seem to jave the overall 'flattened' appearence of B.suchus , then again , its just my opinion.

Last two pics in cat-e-log for does not look like B.suchus. Correct me if i'm wrong.

Hi guys , just a quick question , on the catelog pages for S.planiceps & B.platynemum it states that small specimens imported for t aquarium trade are illegal? Does this apply to the fish coming out af a particular country or are all small specimens imported illegal? Lastly , are there any other...

Alright , will post in the what is my catfish regarding the exact species of mine.

Thx mats , are Hypostomus captive bred as well?

HI ,guys , im still very new to pleco keeping and was wondering how many species are labelled as ''common pleco''? I know they are Pterygoplichthys & Hypostomus but with regards towards exact species how many are there? I currently have one almost completely black in colour and looks nothing lik...

Usually B.flavicans = p.lutkeni=zungaro zungaro(valid name) seen them labeled as all three names before so z.zungaro is most likely. have a couple at my lfs here now but size put me off.

I see , i just spotted some non albino r.rita on a shops stocklist so i might check that out tmrw to see if its different from mine.

Thanks Silurus. Just curious , how do you tell the difference between R.rita and R.chrysea? (I should have posted in the what is my.catfish i just realised sorry for that.)

Hi guys , after my two goonch recovered ive had some time this weekend to go hunting for catfish in the shops. I picked up this little guy , about 4-5 inches for about $10sgd. Bought it because it looked interesting and also because I didn't recognise it as any of the tankbusters I knew. Some time b...