help to identify a catfish from Jambi, Indonesia

[goldcook]

anyone can help me to identify this catfish ?
my friend got this fish from Batang Merangin River near Batanghari River - Jambi, Indonesia
size ard 5-6 inches





sorry no more photos, my friend already realease it back to the river


thanks

[Silurus]

Acrochordonichthys rugosus

. Not commonly encountered. In fact, I don't recall seeing one from the Batang Hari drainage before.

[goldcook]

thanks mod
sorry, my english isn't good... so I cannot explain too much about how and where my friend got this fish

[medaka]

HI Goldcook

sorry, my english isn't good... so I cannot explain too much about how and where my friend got this fish

I'm English and my english ain't terrific either. Can you try please.

Also (@ everyone);

Looking at the photographs of this really nice specimen, that the pectoral and dorsal fin spines and rays appear to be protruding through the soft tissue. I know that damage can be caused to the fins soft tissue in the capture of any fish; but, they seem more uniform in nature and not haphazard as one would tend to expect to find if it is damage caused by capture.
Thoughts anyone?

[Silurus]

that the pectoral and dorsal fin spines and rays appear to be protruding through the soft tissue

No, they're not. The skin covering the tips of the spines just happens to be pale.