Dwarf Electric Catfish?

[Kittfeeche]

Hi.

I was looking up Electric Catfishes on Google (I have read about them in books and saw one in a pet store...and I wanted to know how they produced electricity. Haha. I was really bored) and I found an article on them that claimed there were Dwarf Electric Catfish, which only grew six inches instead of 31 inches that the "normal" ones do. I couldn't find any more references to Dwarf ones in any books or other sites. I was wondering if Dwarf Electric Cats do indeed exist.

Oh yeah, this is my first post too. So hello and stuff.

[Silurus]

Yes they do. Dwarf electric cats are in the genus Paradoxoglanis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradoxoglanis

[L number Banana]

Hi Kittfeeche and welcome to Planet Catfish

That sounds very cool. I'll have to read up on these guys - didn't know dwarfs existed either.
Are you considering buying one of them?

[Kittfeeche]

Hi, thanks for the information.

I might get one now that I know there are dwarves - I have always wanted one, but with their eventual size and cost and everything, I wasn't sure if I could have one at the moment (my landlord hates my pets now as it is and I'm not sure how she would react to it. Lol) but a Dwarf Electric sounds much more likely.

[Richard B]

Welcome to Planet Catfish!

I don't think i've ever seen, or heard of, Paradoxoglanis being imported - i may be wrong but i think you'll find it tough to find one

[Kittfeeche]

Thanks.

Oh, that's a pity. That's probably why there's not much info about them on the web. I will still look for one, however.

[Birger]

I think these would be a cool little item myself but I do not want to be the one trying to collect them in the wild...there is a good chance one would be dodging bullets instead of catching fish, if I am thinking the right area.
http://allafrica.com/congo_kinshasa/

[Richard B]

I think these would be a cool little item myself but I do not want to be the one trying to collect them in the wild...there is a good chance one would be dodging bullets instead of catching fish, if I am thinking the right area.
http://allafrica.com/congo_kinshasa/

Indeed yes - there is a lot of trouble in quite a few african countries.....

[sidguppy]

I wonder why these aren't yet in the catelog.....

there are plenty species in there without anypicture, so that won't be the issue

[MatsP]

I wonder why these aren't yet in the catelog.....

there are plenty species in there without anypicture, so that won't be the issue

Jools has added L-numbers and such without pictures, or other situations when filling in the blanks in a genus, but I think the general rule is still: If it hasn't got a picture, no new entry in teh Cat-eLog.

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Mats

[Birger]

Some, like

Clarias alluaudi

have a link somewhere, in this case fishbase which has Seeger's picture of the real thing but as of yet we have no picture for the Cat-eLog.

Birger

[MatsP]

Some, like

Clarias alluaudi

have a link somewhere, in this case fishbase which has Seeger's picture of the real thing but as of yet we have no picture for the Cat-eLog.

Birger

In that case, if anyone feels that they can approach the copyright owner of the photo and kindly ask if it can be used for PlanetCatfish. If there is a positive reply forward that to Jools along with either a copy of the photo [preferred] or a link to the photo online [which should be free of any other sites information, unless it's part of the original picture itself].

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Mats