Akysis maculipinnis?

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Akysis maculipinnis?

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Bought as Akysis maculipinnis, but is it really? They're bigger than I expected, at least 3 cm, 1.5 inches.

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Looks like it.
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Thanks for the ID, Silurus. Is this sp. often seen in the trade? Hadn't seen any pix of A. maculipinnis on Catelog, etc, which led me to some scepticism...
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Post by Silurus »

If exporters are bringing fish out of Chantaburi (SE Thailand), then it's a matter of time before this species gets collected.
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Post by kamphol »

Fishery was always there (2-3 yrs ago), but it started at the same time as when the more brightly colored A. vespa (then undescribed) made its debut.
In fact enough of a fishery that albino specimens have shown up from time to time. Here, different types of albinism in two egg-laden (green eggs) femmes.
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