Catfish ID Please

[Rachel.Cody]

He only cost me $4 so i figured why not. He is very skinny and i felt bad for him, hopefully he survives. On a good not he took broke up massivore right away. I know he a common type but I cant figure out what type. Sorry for the awful pictures. My phone turns them sideways when i take them with my phone right side up for some reason. Thanks!

 

[Wailua Boy]

Mystus abolineatus. They are going thru their spawn in july/august and this is when they are collected out of Asia.

 

[Rachel.Cody]

Thank you, I was thinking thats what he was after some research.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

He is in a bad shape but I see a tawny dragon aka Tachysurus fulvidraco http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=457

 

[Rachel.Cody]

That makes sense because I bought him as a yellow catfish and that was so generic i had no idea what it was. Thank you. Hes eating good now, he should be back to normal soon. Hopefully he will survive.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

They are tough so if he is not ill (= eating well) and in good care (= pristine water and no stress) it should rebound no problem from starvation and stress.

Yes, yellow catfish is one of their common names.

(It was a good guess by Wailua boy.)

 

[Rachel.Cody]

Unfortunately i found him dead two days later. This sucks, i feel bad.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Sorry about it. Judging from his relatively tiny rear half and huge front half , it was emaciated. Your saying it fed gave me hope.

 

[Rachel.Cody]

I too had high hopes for me.