silver and black splotchy catfish

layneypupu · Post by **layneypupu** » 06 Nov 2006, 03:00

I work in a pet shop, in the fish department..and occasionally we get some random, neat stuff in our orders of ghost shrimp.
this week i got a cichlid, some strange lil eel and these 2 lil catfish. One is about 2 inches long, the other is close to 4... i apologize for the picture quality, my camera doesn't do well through the glass.
They have a silver base color with black "splotches" forming almost a marble effect. They also have very prominent "horns" in the nostril area.

layneypupu · Post by **layneypupu** » 06 Nov 2006, 03:01

oh no, my pics didn't work...what did i do wrong??

Post by **Silurus** » 06 Nov 2006, 03:07

That looks like a young brown bullhead (), although the color of the chin barbels suggests a young yellow bullhead ().

layneypupu · Post by **layneypupu** » 06 Nov 2006, 03:26

the over all body shape is a dead on match...but the coloration is not even close.....mine are shiny silver with black, and the barbels are silvery white....
and if is a bullhead, what kind of size am i lookin at here??
I've not got a lot of catfish experience.

Post by **Silurus** » 06 Nov 2006, 03:32

If you grow the fish up, you'd most likely see the color change considerably (doesn't look like you fish is all that silver anyway). Most bullheads reach over a foot full grown.

layneypupu · Post by **layneypupu** » 06 Nov 2006, 03:37

the pictures are very poor quality, but anyway. i figured they had juvenile coloration, though i hoped they would stay this color. oh well, i guess at over a foot they won't be staying in my 46 US Gal. tank

oh well.
thanks for the help.