ID on a weird catfish...

[crazyforcrabs]

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?

 

[Aquaman_95]

It sounds like it is a shovel-nose catfish.

 

[crazyforcrabs]

no...it's definitely not a Shovelnose...I've got two myself...and I'm not going senile yet...
anyway...here are some pics i took not ten minutes back....poor quality...but i didn't have anything but my phone handy....

 

[crazyforcrabs]

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...

 

[Aquaman_95]

Oh I have seen that catfish before I just can't think of the name.

 

[crazyforcrabs]

umm....okay...thanks anyhow...
if you do get the name...please tell me...

 

[Latimeria]

Looks like a Sisor sp. at a glance, I'll check.

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Ive seen it before but cannot put a name to it.

 

[T time]

Sisor rabdophorus

 

[crazyforcrabs]

yeah...i checked it up on google...it is Sisor rabdophorus....
anyone here has any experience with 'em?...
behaviour and all...?