Pseudopimelodus bufonius (Giant Bumble Bee)

[zaric]

Pic of my Bumble Bee catfish...

 

[necrocanis]

I picked up two yesterday. How big is your's? Mine are roughly 1.5" currently!

 

[DrZacharyus]

I have two, pure monster IMO. He ate a 7" barracuda when he was 6". They are tank mate annihilators. You have to make sure yours are the Zungaru sp. because the smaller ones only get about 3"

 

[necrocanis]

Zungaro zungaro is now the scientific name for the Jau catfish. It is under pimelodid catfish not pseudopimelodids. The change was made a few years back I think in 2003 or sometime around then. Zungaro zungaro was formerly Paulicea lutkeni until the recent change.

 

[DrZacharyus]

well they call it the zungaru in the species name

 

[Mystus Redtail]

Beautiful fish, I will have to look into them.

 

[X24]

I'd love to pick up one of these but i can't find any of the giants. Only the small guys.

 

[mkman]

how big do these get?

 

[channarox]

wow.
saw one at the lfs a while ago.
pretty big price tag.

 

[zaric]

Thanks guys it's around 7"... looking for another " or more