Erethistes pusillus is a species of South Asian river catfish native to India, Bangladesh and Myanmar where it is mostly found in hill streams. This species prefers muddy portions of rivers that are overgrown with vegetation. This species grows to a length of SL. It is kept in tropical aquaria, but its occurrence in the aquarium trade is very rare. References Erethistidae Fish of Asia Fish of India Fish of Bangladesh Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller Taxa named by Franz Hermann Troschel Fish described in 1849