A few were collected recently (pic from collector) at this size and available for sale. This is among the largest R.rita I have seen.

As Balaji, I've never seen one in captivity break a foot but then they are very, very exceedingly seldom kept and moreover almost never kept long term. Hey Viktor, these were actually freshly collected and offered for sale, not aquarium specimens. I am not sure where they ended up, though. I don't ...

Absolutely true HH, I had a rather unpleasant experience carrying the first R.gogra I kept. I was on a train on the way back from a trip with a large sized, triple bagged R.gogra that proceeded to go through all three bags and practically flood my train compartment. That one experience dealing with ...

These are currently exported out of the state of West Bengal in India. I think demand plays a key role in the collection of larger specimens in addition to difficulties in maintaining these fish at the collector's/trader's end until they are shipped. A collector I spoke to was hesitant to collect ...

This is Rita rita , I got a few at this size (2 - 2.5 inches) last year to try and grow them out. They eat anything, grow slow, hide most of the time and are a little aggressive to each other. These days, I see them only occasionally (feeding time) and sometimes don't seen them for long periods of ...

Congratulations HH!

Thank you Eric.

Hey Jools,

You're right, I did the usual and copy pasted the coordinates onto notepad and then onto the profile.

I've also mailed the relevant paper to you.

Hey Jools, the species page was and the relevant text (type locality) is below.

India, Arunachal Pradesh, Upper Siang District, Siking stream a tributary of Siang River near Yingkiong
(Brahmaputra River drainage), 28°9′ N, 95°00′ E

@Jools Hey Jools, facing this error message when editing a species page. Have tried with coordinates removed as well, same issue persists. "General Error SQL ERROR [ mysqli ] Data truncated for column 'type_loc_lat' at row 1 [1265] An SQL error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact the ...

Alright HH, thanks. I'll move them.

@Silurus Hey HH , do you think the following images in the R.chrysea page could be R.sacerdotum or something else?

https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/im ... e_id=12825

https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/im ... e_id=12824

Hey Viktor, Right you are, but I have personally observed that smaller catfish like Erethistes , Pseudolaguvia etc typically die (even healthy ones unaffected by the disease in the tank) when treated with 'harsh' medication. I realise Pimafix and Melafix practically border on placebo territory but ...

Lost quite a few fish late last year due to a terrible fungal infection from unquarantined wild caught fish. Deaths included gravid Erethistes , gravid Dario and all the cobitids and Psilorynchus . A mix of Praziquantel, malachite green and Metro could have helped but I avoid using strong medication ...

Maybe Epistylis? Although not directly comparable, I have faced this issue with the mahseer I keep currently, and I have noticed that it typically occurs if I delay filter maintenance for longer periods. Fish will be perfectly fine in the morning but will be completely covered with ich like matter ...

A copy if possible HH.

Thanks,

Very nice Eric! I used to keep pothos and sweet potatoes when I was using top filters until a few years ago. The sweet potatoes vines gave a nice look. How did you start with the cherry tomatoes, directly with saplings?

Faced this issue sporadically with the home page the past few days, it now occurs every time with genus and species pages.

It eats well! :)) Definitely, took a little time to get it on Ken's feed and it has really taken to the pellets. Wonderful to see a 4 year update! Such a fun, high strung fish in your videos. Hard to believe it is a tank decor by day. Any and all movement is only during feeding time, tank decor is ...

BiGMSafV_v0 A blurry video of the Hemibagrus punctatus four years later. The tank is in a nook in the balcony and the sunlight, algae and lack of access ensure the video resembles a found footage horror movie. All the gravel has been swept to one side by the fish and due to the current as well. It ...

And as luck would have it, an ideal sized one has been collected just now. Now to figure out transport..........

To answer, tank mates with the R. Gogra were of similar or larger size. At the time Bagrid species along with S.A. predatory species were the focus of my hobby back then. I did get a pair of small R. Rita but they didn't last long. I raised up a S. Aor in same tank to 14" also a B. Yarelli to same ...

Good to hear from you, Balaji! In all my short years in fish keeping you are the only keeper of any Rita species that I've ever come across. I am afraid you might be on your own here, I hope to be wrong. Hey Viktor, thanks. There have actually been a few other keepers here as well. The most recent ...

I have been offered a beautiful 6-7 inch R.rita specimen for sale and was wondering if anyone has kept this species or R.gogra in a community tank. Tankmates will be Indian mahseer (~10 inches), R.chrysea (5-6 inches) and potentially R.kuturnee . I have kept the latter two species together and while ...

Freyhof, J. & Yoğurtçuoğlu B, 2023. Mystus misrai Anuradha, 1986, a valid species from the Orontes drainage (Teleostei: Bagridae). Zootaxa , 5306(4), 445–462. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5306.4.3 Abstract Mystus misrai from the northern Orontes drainage (Mediterranean Sea basin) is re ...

Thank you Eric.

Understood HH, thanks for the clarification.

An update on the Whatsapp conversation.

My question : I also want to know if the journal has a print version, and if so, since when. Thanks.

The reply : No print

I used the Whatsapp option on the website and got a single reply from the journal, further queries have gone unanswered. "1) Author has to send article to journal mail id. 2) We send acceptance payment link in 3 days. Fees: Rs 1000, $30 3) After payment we send published link, certificate, coverpage ...