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Erethistes filamentosus (Blyth 1860)

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Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (2) FMNS (1)

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Relevant Information:

In Ferraris (2007) Hara has been moved back to its original placement in the Sisoridae family which had been moved there by de Pinna in 1996, along with Conta, Erethistoides, Erithistes and Pseudolaguvia. Thompson & Page (2006) published a paper on the Genera of the Asian catfish families Sisoridae and Erethistidae where in part they set forth their diagnosis and reasons for reclassifying or more to the point reassigning Hara species as Erethistes. 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 the zebra danio (Brachydanio rerio) and asian fish of the same small size will make good tankmates. Diet: Prefers live foods such as bloodworm, grindle 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 filamentosus refers to the long filament extending from the upper segment of caudal fin. Remarks: Still listed as Hara filamentosa in Fishbase and a few other online sources but this name is treated as a synomyn in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Erethistes maesotensis, Hara filamentosus, Hara maesotensis

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Ataran, Salween and Sitting river drainages: Myanmar and Thailand. Type locality: Tenasserim, Burma.

Size:

5.0cm. (2ins)

Temp:

20-24°C (66°-75°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

Reference:

Adrian Taylor: pers. comm.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Thomson, A.W. and L.M. Page 2006 Genera of the Asian catfish families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Zootaxa 1345:1-96.
Sisoridae Erethistes filamentosus" - Erethistes filamentosus (Blyth, 1860) collected in Thailand by Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology.
The ETYFish Project. Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Erethistes filamentosus

Erethistes filamentosus
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Erethistes filamentosus

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