Plotosus Canius?
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this one ?
(Eeltail catfishes) picture (Plcan_u0.jpg) by Jean-Francois Helias / Fishing Adventures Thailand
Point map Order: Siluriformes (catfish) Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) FishBase name: Gray eel-catfishMax. size: 150 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5754) Environment: demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); freshwater; brackish; marine Climate: tropicalImportance: fisheries: commercial Resilience: Very low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution:
Gazetteer Indo-West Pacific: west and south coasts of India and off Sri Lanka eastward along the coasts of Bangladesh and Myanmar, through the Indo-Australian Archipelago and the Philippines as far as Papua New Guinea. Morphology: A plain dusky-brown species with a black dorsal fin tip. Shows banded pattern at night. Distinguished from adult Plotosus lineatus by its long barbels on the nostrils that can reach pass the eyes. Biology: Found mostly in estuaries and lagoons, and sometimes up rivers in nearly fresh waters. Occurs in the lower parts of rivers in freshwater or brackish water and in coastal seas (Ref. 12693, 48635). Juveniles may occur in dense aggregations (Ref. 9801). Feeds on crustaceans, mollusks and fishes. Marketed mostly fresh. Spines associated with anterior fins have potent venom.
(Eeltail catfishes) picture (Plcan_u0.jpg) by Jean-Francois Helias / Fishing Adventures Thailand
Point map Order: Siluriformes (catfish) Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) FishBase name: Gray eel-catfishMax. size: 150 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5754) Environment: demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); freshwater; brackish; marine Climate: tropicalImportance: fisheries: commercial Resilience: Very low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution:
Gazetteer Indo-West Pacific: west and south coasts of India and off Sri Lanka eastward along the coasts of Bangladesh and Myanmar, through the Indo-Australian Archipelago and the Philippines as far as Papua New Guinea. Morphology: A plain dusky-brown species with a black dorsal fin tip. Shows banded pattern at night. Distinguished from adult Plotosus lineatus by its long barbels on the nostrils that can reach pass the eyes. Biology: Found mostly in estuaries and lagoons, and sometimes up rivers in nearly fresh waters. Occurs in the lower parts of rivers in freshwater or brackish water and in coastal seas (Ref. 12693, 48635). Juveniles may occur in dense aggregations (Ref. 9801). Feeds on crustaceans, mollusks and fishes. Marketed mostly fresh. Spines associated with anterior fins have potent venom.
I had sold one sometime ago to a fellow hobbyist, and he still has it as of a few months ago. He's had it for more than one year already, not too big, about 7" or so still