what is this ?

palexand · Post by **palexand** » 12 Dec 2003, 00:12

http://www.westernbass.com/ncalifornia/ ... ?289.shtml

jonthefishkid · Post by **jonthefishkid** » 12 Dec 2003, 00:59

it looks like a cat, if it is then you shhould find it in the cat e log under the Ictaluridae family.
if it aint in that family then you caught whatever catfish someone threw out.

i'll start looking to try and identify it for you.

Fiskars the Whiskers · Post by **Fiskars the Whiskers** » 12 Dec 2003, 01:07

That is one weird, crazy-looking, skinny (cat?)fish.

Post by **Rusty** » 12 Dec 2003, 02:33

Sorubimichthys planiceps, me thinks. Never heard of them being introduced in the US...

Rusty

coelacanth · Post by **coelacanth** » 12 Dec 2003, 10:18

Rusty wrote:Sorubimichthys planiceps, me thinks. Never heard of them being introduced in the US...

The Rustmeister is quite correct, it's a planiceps. Undoubtedly one that was bought as a cute 3" fish for some idiot's 80 gallon aquarium a couple of years previously.....

RogerMcAllen · Post by **RogerMcAllen** » 12 Dec 2003, 14:40

Wow, this is the first answer I have seen for this pic. Every other place I have seen it asked people start proposing that it is a photoshop of some sort.

coelacanth · Post by **coelacanth** » 12 Dec 2003, 16:20

I bet the guy who caught it was spooked when it barked at him! (Big Pims make a 'barking' sound when they're lifted out of the water)

Post by **Rusty** » 12 Dec 2003, 21:16

Was the thing released? Eaten? What was the water like where it was caught?

Rusty

palexand · Post by **palexand** » 21 Jan 2004, 19:46

Rusty-
The catfish was caught in a 40 acre lake in Fremont, Ca.
The lake is a former gravel pit so the water is usually fairly clear.
Don't know if it was released or not!