ID this Ictalurid Catfish Please

diburning · Post by **diburning** » 25 Nov 2007, 00:35

I bought this guy live at an Asian Supermarket.

He's about a foot long and I think he's an Ictalurid. (roundish tail, little to no forking, and the barbel arrangement)

He looks like a very yellow Ameiurus nebulosus. I'm not 100% sure. His chin barbels are black.

Here's a closeup of his face:

Here he is in quarrantine

And here is how much I got him for

Post by **Silurus** » 25 Nov 2007, 01:53

Brown bullhead ()

I presume that it's not for the table?

Plecofanatic1989 · Post by **Plecofanatic1989** » 25 Nov 2007, 03:00

He's adorable!!!

I'll catch one of these every once in a whilein the Chesapeake Bay (more correctly the Susquehanna River). They're cool fish. Enjoy him

diburning · Post by **diburning** » 25 Nov 2007, 06:25

Of course not!! I wouldn't eat him. (I can't say the same about the channel cats at the supermarket though)

His spines poked through 4 layers of 2mil poly bags

zenyfish · Post by **zenyfish** » 25 Nov 2007, 08:31

Cool ... that's quite the bargain!