Glyptothorax sp.

straitjacketstar · Post by **straitjacketstar** » 21 Mar 2008, 04:11

Just bought 3. All about 2.5" TL. Input on which sp.?

Post by **Birger** » 21 Mar 2008, 05:12

Just bought 3. All about 2.5" TL. Input on which sp.?

Good score!!
Good looking little fish
Looks to me like it could be
But I would wait for confirmation from HH(Silurus)....

Birger

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 21 Mar 2008, 12:20

Nice! But a bit tricky to ID - i think Birger has a good shout

or maybe perhaps Dorsalis

I'm sure HH will show us the way!

Post by **Birger** » 21 Mar 2008, 12:45

There is not much information out there but have you read this http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/cotm. ... cle_id=309
It is a different species but it may help
I felt confident in buchanani as a search of the river system shows many species of fish that are collected from it.
Birger

Post by **Silurus** » 21 Mar 2008, 14:55

The first, second and fifth pictures show Glyptothorax dorsalis (G. buchanani generally has a deeper body), while the third and fourth pictures show a species I used to think was G. dorsalis, but now I consider to be a different species. Not too sure what this second species is, but I think it might be G. granulus.

piggy4 · Post by **piggy4** » 29 Mar 2008, 10:43

Beautiful fishes , absolutely stunning

thanks for sharing .
Are these fishes from India

its just that i noticed a Crossocheilus Latius in th background .

Post by **Birger** » 29 Mar 2008, 11:45

Are these fishes from India its just that i noticed a Crossocheilus Latius in th background

Manipur Valley, India and Myanmar

Birger

piggy4 · Post by **piggy4** » 29 Mar 2008, 11:55

Thanks Birger , must say though the ones on this thread look different to the ones on the cat-log

possibly younger specimens, must say i do like the Glytothorax group

straitjacketstar · Post by **straitjacketstar** » 30 Mar 2008, 06:49

Birger wrote:
Are these fishes from India its just that i noticed a Crossocheilus Latius in th background

Glyptothorax dorsalis

Manipur Valley, India and Myanmar

Birger

I did get them from the same shop, the C. latius and Glyptos.
This particular shop gets some interestingly random goodies from time to time. Only problem is they never really know what they are. lol
Thanks for the input everyone!
I'm feeding them a mix of NLS pellets, frozen mysis and frozen bloodworm. I wonder if I should be adding some vegetable matter into their diet?

Bas Pels · Post by **Bas Pels** » 30 Mar 2008, 08:54

From reading the above given link the catfish of the month, I would think veggie matter would be worth a try

They come from fast moving waters, where no eacy to find animals excist. Thus they might have to settle for veggie food.

Another argument might be the following (derived from experience with cich lids from fast moving waters): the high current they encounter i nature, will force the fishes to do their utmost to swim. As part of these muscles are along the gut, these muscle contractions might - actively - assist in gut movements. In a tank the water moves much less, and thus the gut will not be assisted this easy. In fact many predatory cich lids - from fast moving waters - can get bloat from too high protein food. I even found out they are less sensitive when the current increases

Post by **Silurus** » 30 Mar 2008, 10:58

Glyptothorax will not feed on plant matter. In the aqaurium, you will not be able to get them to eat anything but live/frozen food.

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