Mystus ID please

[divemaster99]

Found like 10 of these guys at my LFS last Saturday and they were labeled "mystus catfish". I'm not sure what species they are though, what do you guys think? And what is their species size, temp, ph, temperament?

 

[joe jaskot]

mystus cf. vittatus or mystus vittatus http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=20

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

This may help: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?569167-ID-my-cat&highlight=mystus or leaf through the genus yourself...

 

[divemaster99]

This may help: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?569167-ID-my-cat&highlight=mystus or leaf through the genus yourself...

thanks! I think that's what they are (asian striped).

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Asian striped is generic. If I understood it, you are after the exact species.

 

[divemaster99]

Asian striped is generic. If I understood it, you are after the exact species.

Yes sorry, I probably won't get one I was just wondering what it was.

 

[rmkblades]

looks like my Pimelodus blochii aka 4 line catfish

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

P. blochii has no black spot and also as all Pimelodidae has 6 barbels. Bagridae and Mystus have 8 barbels, including the 2 nasal ones.

 

[divemaster99]

P. blochii has no black spot and also as all Pimelodidae has 6 barbels. Bagridae and Mystus have 8 barbels, including the 2 nasal ones.

yup, I agree. I may not have any pims (yet ) but I can definitively ID them. I'm sure its a mystus of some sort.