Confirm I.D. : Pseudopimelodus bufonius

shawntraviss · Post by **shawntraviss** » 17 Oct 2008, 05:51

Hello all. I believe this is Pseudopimelodus bufonius. Please confirm or correct. Thanks

Post by **Silurus** » 17 Oct 2008, 05:57

andywoolloo · Post by **andywoolloo** » 17 Oct 2008, 07:40

wow, cool looking fish.

shawntraviss · Post by **shawntraviss** » 17 Oct 2008, 07:53

Perfect. Thanks all.

pturley · Post by **pturley** » 19 Oct 2008, 03:55

A LFS near me just got in a whole tankful of these at .75-1.0" long, labeled as Bumblebee cats. At $2.99 I am tempted to pick up a dozen and grow them out some.

sunfish · Post by **sunfish** » 20 Oct 2008, 16:42

Hi Paul,

at that price I would rather assume they are dwarf bumbleee catfish (Microglanis iheringi). They are pretty cool too, but won't reach the size you might be looking for.

http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/727.htm

cheers,
Tina

pturley · Post by **pturley** » 21 Oct 2008, 01:59

Thank you but I am quite familiar with the differences.

The point being that these fish are mis-labeled under Microglanis which are sold as "Bumblebee Cats" but are in fact juvenile Pseudopimelodus (they appear to be at least two species... ...from what I can tell thus far none of which are Microglanis)

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