Fish ID Please

[LostAcc]

Can anybody help me ID this catfish please ?

Sorry for the poor photos, but the darn fish
wouldn't stay still long enough for the camera
to focus properly. It is silver with black spots.

 

[CrankBait]

First guess is Pictus based on the long barbels, second guess would be some sort of synodontis. Im leaning way more towards pictus though, Pictus Pimelodus.

 

[chefjamesscott]

yeh sure looks like a pictus to me

 

[Crispy]

definitely a pictus.

 

[Kyle_91]

Does it look more like this??

^ This is my synodontis spotted catfish.

 

[Diskboy12]

Looks Pictus to me.

 

[Crispy]

dude, ^^^^^^^ that's a pictus cat as well!

 

[Kyle_91]

well then the pet store was wrong then.
This cat was labeled synodontis ocellifer.

 

[Diskboy12]

^Def not a syno.

 

[Crispy]

well then the pet store was wrong then.
This cat was labeled synodontis ocellifer.

petstores are notorious for mislabeling fish. as the educated fish keepers we are, it's more our own responsibility to know and research what we are buying beforehand, because most of us take petstore IDs/advice with a grain of salt.