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This little one came in as a hitchhiker in a shipment of freshwater fish for an independent aquarium store. Can anyone help me ID it? Thanks in advance.
Sorry for the poor photo quality. It's the best I could do. The fish is overall a dull pale grey with long barbels and a single black lateral stripe on either side.
And in my opinion it is Mystus. More precisely Mystus malabaricus. The bent dark belt is attesting to it above a pectoral fin and the triangular stain on the caudal hard core, apart from that fits the face.
