Dwarf Goonch Catfish?

Hoyo12

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I have been looking at fish, deciding what will be next to add to the collection. I came across a "Dwarf Goonch Catfish". All of the sites I came across said that it gets to 80 inches, but one site said that it will only get to 8 inches if it is a Dwarf Goonch, and that most sites have the wrong size info on it. The fish, at the moment, is only a baby and around 1/8 of an inch. Has anyone had experience with this species of fish, or others similiar to it that can tell me what it eats or what you feed it? I am hoping to purchase one, seems how it looks like a good price.

 

devder1

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how are you able to ID at 1 8th of an inch? :WHOA:
 

mkman

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1/8th of an inch..........wow thats tiny, how did you find one that tiny and id it?

The dwarf goonch would be bagarius bagarius The smallest bagarius
 

mad ness

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there's a way to ID it looking at position of dorsal, pectoral fins/pelvis fins, the head is flatter and less freckles
 
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