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I've been waiting a few months, but an LFS finally got in a couple of these. They are Tatia perugiae according to PlanetCatfish. I picked up two females and a male. You can determine their gender similar to livebearers in that a male has a modified, pointy anal fin. They're a little skinny though. They'll be fattening up for possible breeding in the future.



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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.

I couldn't find anything about them in the fishprofiles profile section. Perhaps you could do an entry in the future?
I did find a link. Is this them? Nice pickup.
http://www.aquariumlife.net/profiles/south-american-catfish/honeycomb-tatia/100125.asp

They're here on FP as Centromochlus perugiae, which was a re-classification something like a decade ago. I think they were changed back to Tatia perugiae somewhat recently, so I don't know if it's accepted yet. Otherwise I would change our current entry to reflect the scientific name PC has.

Interestingly, your link seems to have copied some info from FP.com... Cup doesn't seem like the type that would copy from someone else word for word.

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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.

nice pick up i wish i had a camera i have like 3 pairs in my tank they are fun to watch.

Found it. http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/207.htm
huge ph range of 6 to 8. Could suit everyone.
Mission for you shinigami, take more photos for the photo section of the profile.

Note: young do not survive well in community tanks. Once they fatten up, ship 'em right out to their own enclosure ;].

Cup, may I inquire what counts as young (as these fish do not get rather large in the first place), and if there is a particular reason they might not fare well in community tanks?

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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.

Well, you stated that they were intended to be bred. The fry, while good at avoiding predation in the daylight, have the unfortunate tendency to express upper-column activity at night. I had one spawn only, and within a period of one or two evenings, all the fry disappeared, probably the handiwork of danio 'hikari' and a resident s. nigrita.

Wow..those are cool looking fellas
Let us know how it goes please

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

Ah, I see what you mean, that was mentioned in the article on PC. My intention was to provide the would-be parents with a removable egg-laying location to take out of the tank rather easily, like a PVC pipe or something, if they'd take to that. Then take care of the eggs with a bubbler in another tank or a floating container. As cave spawners I imagine it wouldn't be as difficult as it would be with egg scatterers, and I have heard their eggs are more resistant to fungus, making my job that much easier. I won't be trying to specifically breed them for at least a few months from now, and if I miss this summer breeding them, it'll be even longer... Of course if they breed by chance before I'm prepared, I'll try to save as many eggs or fry as possible.

They are quite hungry fellows, though I actually haven't released them into my catfish tank that I was planning to put them in, so no competition yet. But they've been quite easy to get fat on their own.

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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.

Oh, believe me, that's not a problem. Once the food hits the water, they are freaking crazy. But you probably already found that out.

Not a problem at all, they were taking food with my debauwi cats and Entomocorus at the surface. Great fish.

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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.