flagpole cat?

[bluestarjazz]

When at a lfs the other day I saw a fish called a flag ploe cat i think the sticker said it got 12 or 18" long (I was looking for polys)
does any one have any info about this fish ?

 

[wayne the pain]

Only cat i can think of resembling this name is Porthole cat
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=280

 

[basslover34]

Yeah but they max out at like 4" lol so I doubt it was that...

 

[wayne the pain]

I got it, its Hemisorubim platyrhynchos.
http://www.fishbase.se/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=13261

 

[wayne the pain]

By the way, they are a great catfish, dont look much when small, but are stunning as a adult, you should go and get it.

 

[bluestarjazz]

nope,it was rather long and rather slender and had a long maybe 1/3 length snout also thin with a dark stripe running down the entire length of the light colored fish the name seemed descriptive I am starting to dislike common names

 

[wayne the pain]

Yeh common names arn't worth S%&t.
You sound like your describing Sorubim lima.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=98
It wouldn't surprise me, lfs names are not worth the paper they write them on.

 

[bluestarjazz]

that looks like him any good info about them the lfs has had it since at least early feb

 

[Dovii dude]

nope,it was rather long and rather slender and had a long maybe 1/3 length snout also thin with a dark stripe running down the entire length of the light colored fish the name seemed descriptive I am starting to dislike common names

Sounds like a Lima.

 

[bluestarjazz]

seem like consensus if there are not any other long skinny cats
what is an average size on these guys