ID on shovelnose marble catfish

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ID on shovelnose marble catfish

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They were imported as Mystus sp., with the above common name. Maybe
Pseudomystus heokhuii
? A pretty looking catfish, although I'm sure it will eat anything small.

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Re: ID on shovelnose marble catfish

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Looks more like a
Leiocassis
, possibly
Leiocassis micropogon
or
Leiocassis hosii
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L.hosii
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Re: ID on shovelnose marble catfish

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racoll wrote:Looks more like a
Leiocassis
, possibly
Leiocassis micropogon
or
Leiocassis hosii
.
Looks more like Leiocassis micropogon. Thanks for the identification.
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Re: ID on shovelnose marble catfish

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Richard B wrote:L.hosii
Hi Richard. Going by the pics on PC, I didn't think it looked like that species. Doing some additional looking around, I agree with you. It looks more like hosii.
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Re: ID on shovelnose marble catfish

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Hosii has the extremely narrow pointed head with small eyes typical of the fish in your photo.

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