Mystery Fish

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Mystery Fish

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My digital has gone M.I.A. so I'll do my best to describe my new buddy until I can find it.

Generally:
He looks very much like a common native north american catfish

Colouration:
Black top with slight brown spot under-tones, white belly

Whiskers:
2 longer wiskers on outside, 4 short inner wiskers

Finnage:
All black; short dorsal, trapazoid caudle (tail), triangular anal, rounded ventrals*, solid black pectorals
* look very much like a fish that breeds & then places it's eggs using it's ventrals (as most catfish do :))

Behavirous:
So far it hides from my oscar... (she's kinda crazy) but the new dither fish have her re-occupied now, it actually spends alot of it's time on the glass, not attached at all, just swimming upwards against the glass & has taken to eating my oscar's chichlid staple pellets (part of the reasons she doesn't like him :D)

Size:
It's about 5"BL, 6"TL right now, I'm not sure how big it will grow - I just picked him up last night :lol:

Thanks for any help you can offer :| I really just need someone to point me into the right directions if no one can figure it out (I know my description is ammazing).

Nes.

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Post by Silurus »

What shapes are the head and snout? Rounded? Flat?
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Post by silvernes »

rounded head, terminal mouth (meaning it's forward-facing)

my best description is really that he looks like a native north american catfish. Like one of those big 'ol catfish you go fishing for & fry up. :)

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Post by Silurus »

Probably a black bullhead (, then). Are the chin whiskers white or brown?
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Post by silvernes »

*ding, ding, ding*

Now I am impressed :shock:

That's totally what he is!! Except... 24"??? what did I get myself into??? :lol: He's in a 120 gallon with my 2 baby oscars (7" each :D) and a little comon pleco (6") . Is he going to have enough space??

Also about feeding him: his belly has swollen up some since he started on my boy's chichlid staple pellets (:lol: His first tank-mate, my 1'2" oscar wasn't too happy about that!!) It just looks like he's had a good meal. Is this healthy for him to gorge himself like that? Or do I need to be more careful about how much leftovers he gets to eat?

Thanks!

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