At first glance, I'm inclined to think that these look LLG, Bagarius yarrelli. However, at this size and with how new they are, it's hard to say for sure.
It's important to note, that while we call one type HLG and the other LLG, they can be found in the same rivers and the general thinking is that HLG is more migratory than is LLG.
Headbanger: you can't ID bagarius by color and pattern bc they will change depending light, substrate, size etc. 1 of mine started off looking like yours and then changed later and my other was almost completely patternless and now they look almost identical.
Greenrinks: just give it time. At least it's eating.
This is great advice, and very true. Trying to ID brand new goonches has been the bane of my existence on this site, and I wrote the bloody guide lol. Given time to settle into their new homes and become comfortable, their ID always becomes much more clear.
I heard from my supplier that the locality of my fish is on the most outer edge of china.. Does that mean it's an sp. indochino has pecs of a b. Bagarius then?
All goonch can have the streamers, I've seen rutilus with streamers as well developed as anything in this thread.
They definitely do not. If you look at Liam's indochina it's pectorals are nowhere close to the same length as an HLG
I disagree. While the giants definitely seem to have the most well developed streamers, all the species seem to have them.
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Giant. It's a nickname we've given to the species of goonch found in the cold waters of the Himalayan foothills. It's easier thant typing Bagarius bagarius over and over.
Still hasn't seen him eat in the past week regardless of temperature drop. If yours has lived in warmer waters without issue, I don't see the reason to dedicate a whole cold water tank if it can fair in moderately warmer waters.
Again, agreed. HLG can be found in warm water at least seasonally. However, it is important to note that they're always found in highly oxygenated water.
If the fish is new, then it might take a while before it understands what's food.
Normally if anything comes in the current they will try to eat it, I got mine on pellets by adding a power head to the bottom of the tank, so that any food thrown gets carried around in the current and in the direction of the fish
All good advice, and advice which has worked for me in the past.
