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hi all
I work in a LFS and these I brought home
on our list as 'burmese mountain catfish'
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I think they maybe batasio affinis

on list as Glyptothorax macromaculata, but i can find no info under that name.
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any and all help appreciated
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Batasio and Glyptothorax look right at the genus level but I couldn't tell you more than that.
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These look like Batasio affinis and Glyptothorax dorsalis.
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Silurus wrote:These look like Batasio affinis and Glyptothorax dorsalis.
thank you :)
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Are you keeping them then Wolfy? They're very shiny.
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