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I bought 4 of these fish as Opsodoras sp. white line from Pier recently. They are an unusual brown-purple colour with a white belly, red in the fins and red/pink along the lateral stripe

Limited info on the internet and assume it is not a described species?

Does anyone have any experience of keeping them and likely water parameters or breeding records?

They are quite shy but venture out occasionally - always on the move hence decent photos difficult!

They look rather similar to my fishes which were IDed as Opsodoras stubeli. Shy fishes - I got them more then a year now, and after getting them, I did add some more fishes, but hardly got my hands wet in their tank

Still, they are easy to mantain. My tapwater is ~7 DH, pH 7.8 and I use it without any fuss (no chlorine in our water) They eat all kinds of commercial pellets

Thanks for the reply. I don't think they are O.stuebelii as they don't have feathery whiskers. The closest species they look like on planet catfish is O.morei but with more red colouration??

With 'rather similar' I intended to express they could very well be Opsodoras. Nothing more

Hi there,

I can't pin down the id, but I also got 4 of these great fish from Pier about 6 months ago.

Shy at first (I didn't see one of them for a month), but as they have settled and got bigger they get more used to being out.
Bit of bloodworm and they flash around.

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Stuey

Did anyone get an ID for these guys during the CSG event earlier this year? I don't think the colour is characteristic; I've got them labelled as O. stuebelli.

Jools

Now thinking they might be Nemadoras elongatus??