ID on a weird catfish...

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crazyforcrabs

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Oct 15, 2007
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Hey guys....a friend of mine picked up this really cool cat today....he thought it was a whiptail cat...and it had me fooled too..
its got a flat wide head...and a thin long body....and the tailfin has a huge long thin threadlike extension....nearly its own body length...its silvery in color...with a few darkish splotches..
and its definitely NOT a whiptail pleco....
ill try to post some pics tonight....but does anyone have any idea what it is?
 
It sounds like it is a shovel-nose catfish.
 
no...it's definitely not a Shovelnose...I've got two myself...and I'm not going senile yet... :D
anyway...here are some pics i took not ten minutes back....poor quality...but i didn't have anything but my phone handy....

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the tail thread thingy isn't really visible...but its there..
it starts on the top of the tailfin...and its about 4 inches long....the cats 3-3.5 " itself...
 
Oh I have seen that catfish before I just can't think of the name.
 
yeah...i checked it up on google...it is Sisor rabdophorus....
anyone here has any experience with 'em?...
behaviour and all...?
 
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