bullhead-ompok looking thing.

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bullhead-ompok looking thing.

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I just got this cat, probibly 7'' that been at my lfs for months, it looks identical to an ompok (bimac) but it has a bullhead face and 2 yellow lines on its tail..

any idea what it could be?
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Re: bullhead-ompok looking thing.

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This is a guess
Wallago leerii
I hope I am wrong as they get huge

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Re: bullhead-ompok looking thing.

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Birger wrote:This is a guess
Wallago leerii
I hope I am wrong as they get huge

Birger
definitly not any wallago sp.
It has a small mouth, and the head looks like a bullhead or something.
i WISH it was a leeri. lol
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Re: bullhead-ompok looking thing.

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Maybe a plotosid? I don't know any that have yellow lines on their tails, though. I could be completely off...
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Re: bullhead-ompok looking thing.

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Suckermouth wrote:Maybe a plotosid? I don't know any that have yellow lines on their tails, though. I could be completely off...
well, not on the tailfin, but behind where all the organs are. just above where the long knifefish-like anal fin is.
My bad, It's 3 yellow lines.
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Re: bullhead-ompok looking thing.

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What about a schilbeid, such as
Schilbe intermedius
? I don't think that S. intermedius is yellow, though.
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Re: bullhead-ompok looking thing.

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Schilbe grenfelli

found him
Thanks for the link, thats how I got this :D
Are these guys rare?
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