This is one of the larger
species in this genus of mothcats as can be seen in
the common name. Aquarium Care: A
tank with a sandy bottom and rounded stones and pebbles
with a good water flow as befits an asian hillstream
setup. Good water quality is a must for this family.
Keep the water temperature on the cool side of a tropical
aquarium. Tank mates such as mediam sized barbs will
make good tankmates. Diet: Prefers
live foods such as bloodworm, grindle worm, white
worm and daphnia. Remarks:There are some publications that sight this
species as Erethistes horai due to a paper
published in 2006 by Ichthyologists Alfred W Thompson
& Lawrence M. Page of the Florida Museum of Natural
History. Ferraris (2007) also stated that the Erethistidae
be moved back into the Sisoridae family but we at
ScotCat are at the moment (2021) still keeping it
and the Erithistidae family until further scientific
work is carried out on this poorly documented genera
and family. This species is still listed as Hara
horai in some online resources but this name
is treated as a synomyn in Eschmeyer's Catalog of
Fishes where it is also placed in the Sisoridae family.
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