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Chinese Red Tail Cat is what the manager at a local fish store sold this little guy to me as? I had never heard of one and it was the only fish in the tank and I knew it wasn't a leporinus....

He's about 3" long with long barbels that are white. He swims rather gracefully for a small catfish. He's dark brown with a whitish belly. Here's some shots of him in my 240 nursery tank:






Thanks for any help you can offer. I did do a search and didn't come up with anything concrete so I figured I'd leave it up to the pros!!

Confident of this? Holy cow! The most aggressive fish in the world?!?! Grrrrrrreat?!?! I love local petstores.... Yet another fish that shouldn't be sold?! I guess he's destined for my 800 gallon then.... Along with the friggin irridecent shark I got....

Thanks for the help

TheFishGuy wrote:it was the only fish in the tank

There's probably a reason for that.

Yeah our LFS in Pretoria has about 20 of them as well as 15ish albino ones. I was wondering what it was, now I know...

Since it doesn't have a red tail, and its body is dark, I would guess Hemibagrus wyckii. In any case, it is NOT a friendly, peaceful fish! Anything you put in its pond is a meal.

Not all H. wyckioides have red tails, especially when very young.

For the moment he's in a 240 with about 150 2" c.i.c.h.l.i.d.s. and I need to get him out. He's only 3" at the moment and one of his long barbels is missing so he's got to come out soon..... Will his barbel grow back?

The barbel will normally grow back.

Thanks, I'm off to pull him out..... Yeee ha, Ever try to catch a 3" fish in a 240 built into the wall? Lots of fun let me tell ya