I've just bought these corys which were labeled as bronze, which they clearly are not! I have narrowed them down to being either C. rabouti or C. zygatus. I'm inclined to think C. zygatus myself as there is a light bar just visible running down from the dorsal spine as in the species description on PlanetCatfish, but I'm not 100% sure. Can anyone confirm?

The photos were taken in a great hurry and are not great, I can get better if necessary

EDIT: Since writing the above I found Graham Ramsay's excellent article  on this site and am slightly more confident that I have C. zygatus but still not quite entirely convinced.

http://www.scotcat.com/articles/article114.htm

I note from these pages and elsewhere that Hyalobagrus flavus hasn't been observed to breed in captivity.

I have four individuals (survivors of an original dozen, the rest having been lost to disease they brought in with them) housed in a 30" tank with three Pseudomugil rainbowfish.

Three of the catfish forage continuously throughout the tank, whereas the fourth which is slightly bulkier than the others and I take to be a female spends most of it's time in and around a hole in a piece of bogwood, about 6 inches from the bottom and in a very dark area. This individual feeds normally and appears robust, so my original thought that maybe it was a sick fish hiding away is incorrect, moreover it appears to be defending the area by chasing the others away. This appears to me to be very like breeding behaviour and I'm wondering if there might be a nest or a clutch of eggs in this area which unfortunately it's impossible to see into.

Has anyone observed similar behaviour in this species?

Have any members here ever collected fish abroad and brought them home with them?

I work in the Far East - normally Vietnam and Singapore but occasionally also Borneo (I'm heading out there this week) and would very much like to catch wild fish while I'm out there and bring them home. Not that I've ever had much opportunity so far to do any collecting to tell you the truth. Most of my time is spent either at sea (all the tuna caught there is BBQed on the spot!) or on 'standby' ashore where I'm on call and unable to stray too far from my hotel, but one of these times I might well take a break before I fly home to do a bit of prospecting, if I thought I'd be able to bring my catch home (and if the local bar girls will let me out of their sight for a couple of days).

I made some tentative enquiries with the appropriate government department at one time, and my understanding is that;

1 - importing animals to the UK requires an import license for more than 3 individuals (be it elephants or ants)
2 - they must be brought in through one of the specified UK airports where there is a government vet on hand to check them out
3 - they must be accompanied by paperwork from a certified vet in the country of origin stating species and condition
4 - bringing them into the UK doesn't fall foul of the CITES treaty (some species are a definite no-no, others like arowanas must be microchipped).

problems;
1 - I'm thinking maybe hundreds, not just 3.
2 - I have no control of where I come into the UK, that's down to my employer. Sometimes I fly into Heathrow, that would be fine, but often I stop in Amsterdam from where I fly directly to my home airport of Aberdeen.
3 - How would I get paperwork from a vet for fish I caught myself, species which local vets may not be able to identify?
4 - If I wasn't sure of the exact species myself how could I reassure UK authorities that my unidentified fish weren't covered by CITES?

Obviously people do go out to S. America and Africa and Asia on expeditions and bring their fish home, but I've been unable to find anybody who can tell me how they do this legally without resorting to concealing them in hold baggage and hoping for the best (I've considered that too). The few people in authority I've had any sense out of so far seem to be well geared up for people trying to get puppies or parrots or monkeys into the country, species for which the above 4 rules were designed, but are stumped by the idea of people bringing in bucketloads of unidentified fish!

There has got to be a way, I just need to find it....

Got these today and haven't a clue what they are, they were identified in the lfs only as 'Dwarf Pangaius' (sic). According to the shop, their supplier promises they won't grow any bigger than the 2" they are at present. Midwater swimming, fairly active and are shoaling with similar sized fish in the tank including tetras and Hyalobagrus flavus. Haven't seen them feed yet. Although not apparent from the flash photo they are pretty well transparent. Have googled them to death, no joy - help!!

Has anyone here kept these little beauties?

I recently acquired a small number of these and they aren't behaving as I've read they should. They're in a 24" tank with some Cory habrosus, bee shrimps and tetras, they don't appear to be bothered by the other inhabitants who all seem quite happy and healthy.

According to what I've read elsewhere they should be shoaling and quite active. Mine don't appear interested in one another and spend most of their time in a corner in a head-up vertical position. Occasionally I'll see one or two foraging through the sand or across the surface of leaves.

I'd be interested to hear anyone else's experiences with these marvellous little fish.