And another paper on the subject:

McDowell, K. (2025). Shouting Catfish and Subjugated Thunder God: A Popular Deity’s Criticism of the Governmental Authority in the Wake of the Ansei Edo Earthquake in Catfish Prints. Arts, 14(2), 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/arts14020038
https://www.mdpi.com/2076 ...

Chen, Y., Tan, H. & He, D. Exostoma microadiposa (Sisoridae), a New Glyptosternine Catfish from the Zayul River, South Tibet. J. Ichthyol. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945224700978

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0032945224700978

Abstract
A new species, Exostoma microadiposa sp ...

Hi @FiredUp,

How big (long) are your fish? Looking at the photos, since you mentioned you just got the fish, I'm thinking they'll need conditioned before you can tell more accurately.

Cheers, Eric

Hi Sean,

There's an older 2015 source:
Lujan NK, Armbruster JW, Lovejoy NR, López-Fernández H. Multilocus molecular phylogeny of the suckermouth armored catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a focus on subfamily Hypostominae. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2015a; 82:269–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j ...

Approximately 813 eggs

Lilian Dantas Cavalcante, R., Santos Silva, C., Ferreira Vidal, A., Soares Pires, É., Lopes Nunes, G., Fogaça de Assis Montag, L., Oliveira, G., Ribeiro-dos-Santos, Â., Santos, S., José de Souza, S. and Estefano de Santana Souza, J., 2025. The complete mitogenome of Amazonian Brachyplatystoma ...

Also, a separate issue but I think it was reported previously: I just tried to add spawning dates to my Tatia intermedia BLOG report. The follow up screen said the data was accepted and displayed it, but then when viewing the report again, the new dates were not listed.

Hi Jools,
I was just looking at a BLOG report and had this error across the top of the page:

[phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file /home/webcat/planetcatfish.com/common/includes/my_blog_show.php on line 300: Undefined array key "family"
[phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file /home/webcat/planetcatfish ...

Tatia intermedia Spawn #4!
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After losing the 1,000 or so fry while traveling last month, I finally get another chance at raising a full clutch without losing a bunch of fry in the Matten filter.

This spawn was deposited in exactly the same location as the previous giant ...

Okay. That's odd because you can see in the image it's bigger. Maybe that was a manufacturing irregularity?

Otherwise, as far as I know, he sells nothing between 1.75" and 2.25".

Cheers, Eric

AmazonTank wrote: 22 Mar 2025, 01:23Does Brantly do custom caves?

I think so, but not sure. It doesn't hurt to ask.

Cheers, Eric

Here are two examples of size differences in the simple "round" caves from Plecocaves:

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The short light brown-colored cave is a standard "round" cave. It's 6" long x 1 6/8" outer diameter (OD). It can be found here: https://plecocaves.com/product/1-5 ...

Very nice! Glad they did so well!

And you got much clearer photos now. Those two with the holes in the dorsal saddles look great!

Cheers,
Eric

Ugh sorry. Forgot. Will follow up

Torrico-Destre, H., Careaga, M. & F. M. Carvajal-Vallejos. 2025. A New Species of Propimelodus (Pimelodidae) from the Upper Madeira System, Amazon Basin. Journal of Ichthyology. Accepted October 28, 2024. DOI: 10.1134/S0032945224701194

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0032945224701194
PDF ...

Balderas Mancilla, U.J., Cipriano Anastasio, J. & A. Azuara Domínguez. (2025). Perception of the ecological and socioeconomic problems of the invader Sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys spp. (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) by fishermen in Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Revista Bio Ciencias. e1749. Accepted ...

Gallo-Cardozo, F., Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M., Careaga, M., Herbas, L., Goitia, E. and Maldonado, M., 2025. Population dynamics of two Andean Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) species from Bolivia. Neotropical Ichthyology, 23, p.e240070.

https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0070
https ...

Novák, J., Hohl, D., Stuchlík, M., Hofmann, J., Tlusty, M.F., Magalhães, A.L.B., Maceda‐Veiga, A., Akmal, S.G., Yue, G.H., Kumkar, P. and Marr, S.M., 2025. Revisiting the History of Ornamental Aquaculture in Europe to Understand the Benefits and Drawbacks of Freshwater Fish Imports. Reviews in ...

Hi everyone.

I've closed down my fish room recently due to a gradual loss of interest, as well as maintenance taking up lots of time and needing the space for other things.

Marc! Oh no! Say it ain't so! :((

Sorry to learn this. Always sad to see a fellow fish community member transition out ...

Sassi, FDMC, Cioffi, MDB and Moreira-Filho, O., 2024. A state-of-art review of Loricariidae (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) cytogenetics. Neotropical Ichthyology , 22 (4), p.e240050. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0050


Abstract
Loricariidae is a Neotropical fish family divided into six ...

Tatia intermedia from my first spawn, 4 months old.

URL: Tatia intermedia 4 months old

Ugh. This is the problem with traveling. I was gone for two weeks. While away, I hired a trusted person to care for my fish. I know they are reliable so I don't doubt their attention or care. Even so, sadly, all the 1000 or so Tatia intermedia fry died while I was away. :-(

Now I await the next ...

This reminds me of a situation with which I was familiar from a number of years ago. A gent in Texas was breeding zebras and the fry were dying. Nothing he tried helped. He was a friend of Barbie F. who is a mod. here. I knew her from my very first fish forum in 2002. She got me into breeding ...

As far as changing water, is your current water basically the same as it has been over all the years you've had this fish? If so, don't change. If the water has become harder then yes probably need to add some RO water with routine water changes.

I have two thoughts about the water. 1) other fish ...

Hi Perry,

Welcome to PlanetCatfish!

The picture alone is not enough to ID accurately, but based on the fish size, shape and the small spots on the head, I suspect it's a type of pleco.

Hopefully someone else can offer a more nuanced opinion.

Cheers, Eric

Hi danielcraig,

Welcome to PlanetCatfish!

I can't comment on the big fish, but I keep both Akysis and Erethistes (Hara) jerdoni. Both genera should be okay in community tanks.

Cheers, Eric

Those look dramatic, but are they abnormal? Check out this photo:
https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/im ... e_id=24156

Is that what you're seeing?

Best,
Eric

Hi Evie007,

Sorry to read this... that sucks.

I'm not sure what to recommend. The eggs shouldn't be "old" (something I've gotten from females which haven't spawned in a long time). So I'm thinking oxygen. Try adding more aeration to the tank. Or, if you're incubating the eggs separately, increase ...

I'm thinking it's a water issue also, especially if the angelfish has a redness... that could mean bacterial infections or at least skin irritation and hemorrhage.

You say it's a bare-bottom tank? If so, I'd start a series of progressively bigger water changes... 10% today, 25% tomorrow, 50% the ...

Hi spikethefish,

Welcome to PlanetCatfish. To better help you, please check this out.

On first glance, this looks to me like a bacterial or stress related damage due to ammonia spike or bad water quality.

Cheers, Eric

If you are planning to post about a fish that is ill , please remember to ...