Aquarium Care:
Keep with species that are the same size or larger
as this species can be predatory which is akin to
most bagrids. Needs a large tank with hiding places.
Diet: Will eat most prepared foods,
tablets, pellets, live and frozen foods etc. Remarks:
Leiocassis hosii has now been declared as
a synonym of L. micropogon (2021).
Common
Name:
Lancer Catfish
Synonyms:
Bagrus micropogon,
Leiocassis hosii
Family:
Bagridae
Distribution:
Asia:
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. Type
locality: Malaysia; Blitong, in flumine Tjirutjup.
Size:
20.0cm ( 8ins)
Temp:
18-28°C (63-83°F)
p.H.
6.5-7.0.
Reference:
Riehl, R. and H.A.
Baensch 1991
Aquarien Atlas. Band. 1. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für
Natur- und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 992 p. Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist
of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes),
and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa
1418:1-628. Eschmeyer's
Catalog of Fishes
2021. California Acadamey of Sciences.
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