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A few nonsense pics of a not too commonly sighted fish. Collected from the Sankosh River, Jalpaiguri District of North Bengal..

Nice. Thanks for posting.

Thanks Rupert. Has settled in quite well and proving to be quite active.

If you are reasonably sure of the ID would it be possible to get some pics for the Cat-eLog as we do not have this species.

Birger

Sure Birger. ID was from HH. Il try taking some good pics soon. If you think these pics are good enough, feel free to use 'em.

That is a seriously cool fish! How big is it?

Just over 7 inches TL. Its always the grey and the brown ones that seem to find their way into my tanks.

Sure Birger. ID was from HH. Il try taking some good pics soon. If you think these pics are good enough, feel free to use 'em.

Thanks Balaji, these are a start, when you get some good full body shots it would be great to have those.
Send them to birger@planetcatfish.com

Birger

That sure is a beauty!

What are the watertemperatures in the mentioned river?

Birger wrote:

Sure Birger. ID was from HH. Il try taking some good pics soon. If you think these pics are good enough, feel free to use 'em.

Thanks Balaji, these are a start, when you get some good full body shots it would be great to have those.
Send them to birger@planetcatfish.com

Birger

Sure.

kruseman wrote:That sure is a beauty!

What are the watertemperatures in the mentioned river?

Dono exact parameters but should be between the 18-22 C mark I think. HH would be in a better position to answer this question as he might ve collected there.

He is right now in a tank filled with rocks and driftwood with water at bout 25-26 C. Have to shift a lotta wood out as he seems to prefer to swim around rather than hang onto rocks.

He has some Batasio travancoria and a few Amblyceps for company.

Interesting. There appears to be no Glyptophorax species longer than 4.7", mostly 3-4" max. I only looked up maybe 6-7 of them, the ones that have the most photos. So yours is huge, relatively!

Who is HH?

If he is an active swimmer, you should be able to get nice clear shots.

Viktor Jarikov wrote:
Who is HH?

Abbreviation for Ichthyologist Heok Hee Ng, Ph.D.
He goes by Silurus here at Planet and is one of the moderators.

Hey Victor,

There quite a few species that get bigger than 5 inches. In fact, I had a friend describe a South Indian (meaning I can hopefully get to it soon) Glyptothorax Sp. that was close to 10 inches in size last night and yes, I was drooling through most of the conversation.

A few more pics :







Im still getting used to photography. So good pics will take some time.

Shovelnose wrote:and yes, I was drooling through most of the conversation

ask someone to snap a pic of that, next time

Dave Rinaldo wrote:Abbreviation for Ichthyologist Heok Hee Ng, Ph.D. He goes by Silurus here at Planet and is one of the moderators.

Thanx, Dave! Now things are starting to get a bit clearer. No wonder he is a great resource and help to me and others. I've never known his real name or occupation.

Viktor Jarikov wrote:

Shovelnose wrote:and yes, I was drooling through most of the conversation

ask someone to snap a pic of that, next time

Sure. Will probably resemble a deranged smiley.

Il try and see if I can get a video of him during feeding time. Quite exciting to watch. Swims around like he s on fire.

A very short and blurry video of the G. indicus