Erethistes
jerdoni (Day 1870)
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The images of the albino specimen
were collected from Toofangang, Coochbehar District, West Bengal
and was only the second albino specimen to be collected there.
Occurs in slow-moving hill streams with sandy bottom, rivers and
beels. A very sluggish fish. Aquarium Care:
A sand substrate that has small rounded pebbles roughly scattered
in amongst it, with a few grass and fern like plants intermittently
planted would make an ideal biotype for them to live in. Small
danio's and rasbora's make excellent tank mates. Good water quality
is essential in keeping these catfish for any length of time or
attempting to breed them, as they tend not to tolerate too well
nitrate levels above 12.5mg/l. Ideally a pH range from 6.7 to
7.2 and a GH between 6 and 12 should be provided. Temperature
is not critical as long as there is a high level of dissolved
oxygen present at the higher temperatures, however; they seem
more at home in the cooler temperatures of between 20°C and
22°C. Diet: Varied live foods such as small
bloodworms, grindal worms, sifted daphnia, cyclops and newly hatched
brine shrimp should be provided as they tend not to feed on prepared
food. Remarks:There are some publications that
still sight this species as Hara jerdoni. Erethistes jerdoni
was named 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. This species is still
listed as Hara jerdoni in Fishbase but this name is
treated as a synomyn in The Catalog of Fishes. |
Common Name:
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Dwarf Anchor Catfish |
Synonyms: |
Hara jerdoni |
Family: |
Erethistidae |
Distribution: |
Asia: India, Bangladesh.
Type locality: River Kosi, now Hooghly River
south of Ranaghat, by neotype designation. |
Size: |
2.5cm. (1ins) |
Temp: |
23-27°c (72-78°f.) |
p.H. |
6.2-7.2. |
Reference: |
Thomson, A.W. and L.M. Page
2006 Genera of the Asian catfish families Sisoridae and Erethistidae
(Teleostei: Siluriformes). Zootaxa 1345:1-96.
Adrian Taylor: pers. comm. |
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