Clove oil use as an anesthetic has been discontinued by many people after a few studies demonstrated that fish treated with clove oil still exhibit elevated cortisol levels. The clove oil incapacitates the fish but it still feels and experiences stress. In other words it's like all those horror ...

That would be interesting to see if they are still there. Did the papers ever mention anything about abundance or the species? It seems like it could be N. gyrinus as they tend to tolerate aquacultural conditions pretty well and look relatively (to other madtoms) similar to bullheads. There are odd ...

Mattattulane... if you are still interested and need help on the ID or would like to go out collecting with some fish nerds contact Hank Bart's lab there at Tulane; I'd try one of his grad students first, they're all more than competent and Hank's pretty busy. Even if you don't go out with them they ...

Here are a few new pics. Not great, but the patterning and color are true.

Thanks, Ben

Out of a bunch of freshly imported "L333 New Queen Arabesque" there was an expected amount of variation in pattern, but there was one that seemed a bit too disparate. The first fish (two pics; lateral and dorsoventral) is the one in question. At first I guessed an L 70, but the localities for L333 ...

The small group (2M/2F;adult) of these I have mostly eat the driftwood in the tank. I supplement with a 4-5 spirulina wafers or about 1 tablespoon of defrosted frozen bloodworms every few days. Anymore of either and they won't eat it all. Most of the 'Panaques' I have would prefer to munch on some ...

What creek/drainage did you used to live by? I might be able to tell you what it was or hopefully where other populations may be.

Hey Rich, I believe I mentioned my friend at Auburn (working with Armbruster) would love to take a look at that video to see if they are producing sound (i.e. male pectoral spine movement around the female). I mentioned it to him so he may contact you, hope that is okay. He brought up a video set up ...