Bumblebee Catfish.
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well there are 4 fish with the common name "bumblebee catfish"can you narrow it down so that weknow which one your talking about.you can also find 3of the 4 in the planetcatfish,catfish of the month archive. www.planetcatfish.com
Theres 2 bumblebee cats I know of. The Leiocaccis siamensis and the Pseudopimelodus raninus raninus. siamensis grows to 5 1/2 in, has 4 pairs of barbels, eyes set well forward, fleshy adipose fin, pale bars mark the body, and a dark bar in each caudal lobe. It comes from the family Bagridae. It is omnivorous, hangs low, and is peaceful, but it may eat smaller fishes.
The other is ugly IMO, but it has a dark edge on a pale caudal fin, white markings on dark dorsal fin, light and dark striped barbels, and grows to 5 in. It comes from the famliy Pimelodae, is carnivorous, so don't keep with smaller fishes. Do one of these sound like yours?*GOLDFISH*
The other is ugly IMO, but it has a dark edge on a pale caudal fin, white markings on dark dorsal fin, light and dark striped barbels, and grows to 5 in. It comes from the famliy Pimelodae, is carnivorous, so don't keep with smaller fishes. Do one of these sound like yours?*GOLDFISH*
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Mine appears to have 3 pairs of barbels that I can see (no stripes visible, all fleshy white), and the bottom where it appears the gills would be is a little red (but i think this is natural because every pic ive seen of these guys have that). His head is pure black and then it starts to be striped between a fleshy off white and pure black again. It hides constantly, which is why I havent responded to this in so long..haha...its been ard to find him! He swims much like one would think a shark would, seems to hate the light and hasnt bothered any of my fish and just hides on the sides of rocks and when he swims its rarely away fromt he bottom or sides of the tank.
Also, I dont really know which fins are adipose or caudal.
Also, I dont really know which fins are adipose or caudal.
The adipose fin is the fin right behind the dorsal fin. The dorsal fin is the fin on the back and the adipose fin is the one right behind it. The caudal fin is the one they sway back and forth to swim. The adipose fin is most seen on the characin group as well as several catfish. Tell me, is his caudal fin deeply forked? Does it have a spot on each caudal lobe or does it have a dark rear edge? And do you know the fishes country of origin?