new fish, sheatfish, unknown i.d

[predatorpassion]

Hi, I was going to get my braces tightened ... well we had 30 minutes to spare so I walked into a southern ag. (they usually have your real common fish)


well I walked up to a tank labled "gulper catfish" and it was a batch of sun cats... and in the front was a sheatfish... well I have wanted a sheatfish for a LONG time... they have always been in my top 3 favorite fish... well she bagged it up for $6.99.... it is about 5" (off the top of my head) he is active and was swimming in the current at southern ag... well I don't know the i.d but I think it is either a Ompok bimaculatus or (maybe doubt it though) Wallago maculatus (or some other wallago sp.) the reason I am doubting the ompok is because it has different color and has some nasty teeth , either way I like both ... sorry the pics are blurry the camera is messing up.....

don't you love it when lfs mark fish wrong

 

[M|L]

I think it's a little too small to really decipher the actual species.

Cool fish for $6.99 though!

 

[predatorpassion]

wow that was quick... thanks... he is doing real well... one thing I am glad about is that he is pretty chubby (no obese) instead of emaciated

 

[predatorpassion]

I think I just found the I.D

ompok pabda...

is that right?

 

[predatorpassion]

some more blurry pics...


lol I love smilies



what do you think on the I.D (I just looked up on him and his mouth is bigger then I thought resembling a wallago...)

but all sheatfish are cool


in the pics you can't tell real well but mouth actually extends to the eye....

 

[Honda12]

Looks good. Nice pick up. Not sure what it is though.

 

[drdpc]

I think it looks like Kryptopterus cryptopterus!!!

 

[PhullTank57]

Ompok bimaculatus...??

 

[FishHeadSoup]

nice pickup!

 

[Oddball]

He's a little young but the dark patches behind the operculae lead me to agree with Phulltank57. It looks like an Ompok bimaculatus. Plus, it has a dorsal fin the Kryptopterus lacks.