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Erethistes mesembrinus (Ng & Kottelat 2007)

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Gareth Savage (1) Steven Grant (3) Allan James (2) Daniel Konn-Vetterlein (1)

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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. Etymology: Erithistes, Etymology not explained, presumably erethizon, porcupine and–istes, adjectival suffix, i.e., porcupine-like, referring to strong and serrated dorsal and pectoral-fin spines. The species epithet mesembrinus meaning 'southern', the southern-most of all Hara (now Erethistes) species. Remarks: Fishbase still has this species as Hara mesembrina but this name is treated as a synomyn in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes where it is also placed in the Sisoridae family.

Common Name:

Thai Moth Catfish

Synonyms:

Hara mesembrina

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Tenasserim Range, Thailand.

Size:

Temp:

18-24°C (63-75°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

Reference:

Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat, 2007. A review of the catfish genus Hara, with the description of four new species (Siluriformes: Erethistidae). Rev. Suisse Zool. 114(3):471-505. (Ref. 74341).
The ETYFish Project. Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Erethistes mesembrinus

Erethistes mesembrinus
Dorsal view

Erethistes mesembrinus
Ventral view

Erethistes mesembrinus

Erethistes mesembrinus
Close up of eye

Erethistes mesembrinus

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