Can someone please tell me what this is??

[Jeka]

This fish is being advertised as a Shovelnose Tiger Catfish.. It does not look anything like one to me... I am not planning to buy this fish, though I love how he looks... My setup is too small for him.. I have a 125 gallon.. Here is the link, someone please tell me what he is...

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/pet/2287905145.html

Thank you.

 

[Jeka]

Oh, and sorry if this is the wrong place to post this.... I wasn't sure where to put it...

 

[ziggy2]

It is diffinately some kind of Cat.

 

[Jeka]

Yeah, but I can't find anything like him anywhere.. I would like to know what size/kind of setup he would need... Because if he doesn't get the size they are saying he does I would like to own one.. And will be hard to find another once I get the setup if I don't know what he is.. I don't know if I want to go by the size they are saying sense they don't seem to know what they have...

 

[Oddball]

Looks like a TSN x RTC hybrid judging by the color in the tail. Nice looking cat. Gonna be a monster and probably aggressive as hell.

 

[Jeka]

I am sorry, I do not know a lot about catfish.. I am assuming TSC is Tiger Shovelnose, but what is RTC?

 

[Oddball]

Tiger Shovelnose (Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum) x Red Tail catfish (Phractocephalus hemiliopterus)

 

[ziggy2]

Red tail cat. He is going to need a huge tank.

 

[Jeka]

How big would you say he will get? Setup size ideas? I know cats can get big, I have seen some monsters pulled out of a lake in NC... But I have looked up Shovelnose and they only get about 4 foot, and 3.3 in captivity...

 

[alvinchungcb]

thats a spotted sorubim!

a quicker help for you... google it! hahahaha hope this would help