Is this a African Glass/Crystall Cat fish
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It's some sort of sheatfish (likely Kryptopterus sp. - a genus indeed encompassing certain fish commonly known as "glass catfish" - namely, K. bicirrhus).
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I would look through the "Cat-eLog" of www.planetcatfish.com, searching under the heading of Kryptopterus.
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I would look through the "Cat-eLog" of www.planetcatfish.com, searching under the heading of Kryptopterus.
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There are multiple "glass" cats, most of which I have kept a one time or the other. The Asian glass cat, the common one, is the dantiest of the lot. I have a school of them in my one community tank. My favorite is the debauwi cat, one of the very best captive schooling fish. Not particularly delicate, the hardiest of the group, and eats anything. There are at least two other different species of African glass cats one of which is also billed as "glass cutter cats" or even "grass cutter cats" (? the back-and-forth swimming?) which are larger than the familiar glass cats, and IME are strictly species tank critters, groups of 6 or more (as alrfeady stated) and no less than 4' tanks, 6' better, and 18-24' front to back. Live foods are best for these two species.
ashdavid said:But the fish commonly know as "glass catfish" is This ,
so Imo this is not a glass catfish. Thanks Veneer.
Note the curved body shape, the long bottom fin, and the complete lack of a dorsal fin, as well as the tail shape. The fish in the two pictures are the same, except that one is red. On further observation this doesn't look like a dye job, those are usually done in gaudy neon colors...I don't think it's K. bicirrhus, but a subspecies or such.
Neat find, though. Your LFS must stock rare fish.
It only appears similar because it is a dyed Kryptopterus bicirrhus or a very closely related strain of K. bicirrhus. In my experience, very much the same.
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