ID this cat please

[iglowce]

got this catfish today. the store named it as "bystander catfish". i dont like the name. whats the real name of this beauty? please help

 

[Deathcurl]

Looks like a raphael cat to me....

 

[stotty]

Not a very good pick but from what i can see Striped Raphael Catfish or they are sold as 'Talking' Catfish, as it makes a strange noise when in the net or out of water.

 

[Gump]

+2

 

[iglowce]

yea ur pix is the fish i have. is this fish rare?

 

[rallysman]

is this fish rare?

They are readily available around here. They carry them at petsmart

 

[stotty]

yea ur pix is the fish i have. is this fish rare?

very common


Name: Platydoras costatus
Origin: Amazon


Size 20 cm

 

[Mudfrog]

It's one of my favorite cats, I have a couple of them. I visited my LFS and they had one around 7.5" which is the largest I've ever seen in person. I wanted to buy him but the whole store was infected with ick and I don't have a hospital tank so I passed.

You'll like him. Give him plenty of hiding spots and you'll probably forget about him because they don't tend to come out when the lights are on.

 

[Redtail_Watcher]

Not a very good pick but from what i can see Striped Raphael Catfish or they are sold as 'Talking' Catfish, as it makes a strange noise when in the net or out of water.[/QUOTE]

It is more like a sound of a dog barking. it is due to stress or agression towards other fishes.

it does look like a raphal cat, but somthing is off Raphael cats have white stripes along it's body.

 

[Redtail_Watcher]

raphael cats made it to the indanger species list like 2years ago. If you do have a true raphael catfish do keep it because it is rare do to alot of over collectioning them form the wild. I wish i had one!