ID please? By catch with glass catfish

[bekateen]

ID please?

[Silurus]

It's a

Pareutropius

of some kind.

[bekateen]

It's a

Pareutropius

of some kind.

Thanks. That was my idea too. It's so long and slender I was thinking not

Pareutropius buffei

and not

Pareutropius debauwi

, although there is a faint lower stripe like debauwi has. I was also looking at

Pareutropius longifilis

, but I don't know.

The store has only one, so it's not a fish I would take home. But if they had a group, they'd make a good tank.

Thanks again HH.
Eric

[Silurus]

I am leaning towards

Pareutropius mandevillei

.

[bekateen]

Okay. That was my other thought, but from the few pictures we have I thought it might be too robust.

I need to look up the different species in scientific papers to get more info on them. I know almost nothing about this group

Thanks HH.

Cheers, Eric

[edds]

If it's truly bycatch then it'd have to be a big net to catch both at the same time...

(Kryptopterus and allies are Asian whereas the species mentioned are African)

Could it not be another Asian species? Or it's a mix-up at a wholesalers near to the point of sale of course rather than true bycatch.

[Bas Pels]

mix ups do happen, and certainly secretive species are vulnerable for this.

A wholeseller does not waste much money on lights and therefore it is easy to think a tank is empty while it is not.

[edds]

Very true - I've even seen LFS staff do it as a bycatch appears with one lot of fish and it gets transferred to another tank where it looks a bit more like the species being officially sold.

Was just making the point that if it was truly bycatch it can't be the African species.

[bekateen]

Indeed true. "Contaminant" is another word used in this context, and a better fit than "bycatch" since the fish wouldn't have been caught together.

Cheers, Eric