I got mine at Petland here in Rockford. These fish which I'm still assuming are Psuedopimelodus bufonis seem to be available all over right now as "bumblebee catfish". Within the last few weeks I've checked the local Petco, Petsmart, Aqualand, and Petland. I also trekked to Milwaukee and checked at ...

To tell you the truth, that's what I was thinking too. I really hope that's not the case though. Is there any way to distinguish the two species at this small size?

-Mike

I was looking for M. Iheringi but I'm not sure that's what I got. What do you guys/girls think?







-Mike

BINGO! Pseudo. bufonis. Sorry, Dave. I had actually gone there half expecting to see the siamensis - I never trust the LFS. It definitely wasn't one of those though. I'm pretty sure Silurus is dead on. Good thing I didn't pick it up. It get's to be almost 10".

I'd still love it if anyone can tell ...

Please help. I've been searching all over my local fish stores for M. iheringi. I drove all the way to Milwaukee, WI today because the LFS that I called said they had the "south american bumblebee catfish". However, when I got there they had a fish that looked like iheringi except it was around 3.5 ...