Unable to identify fish.   1/4/09
Hello Crew,
First of all let me say thank you to all of you who have answered my questions in the past all information has been very useful. But on to the problem at hand, my friend has a fish that I keep trying to identify. So far I have tried to search the web and a lot of other sites without success. Sadly I do not have a picture of the fish only a description. I have seen a picture of a red tailed catfish and it looks a lot like that. There are a few differences though, its nose is a lot longer and flatter. It is also white with a lot of dark spots, and she found out the hard way that it eats other fish. It pretty much decimated the fish population of her tank, consuming two of what she called a Florida knife fish which is about twice as longer as it was. It also has a long body of a fish, the best i can say is that it reminds me of a alligator or crocodile in fish form. Do you guys have any idea of what it could be, we really want to put a name to this terror but can't. Oh, almost forgot it is in a freshwater tank that is heated and is about 5-6 inches long and thin. Well thanks for all of your help and I hope you may be able to give it a name for us.
<Likely a Pimelodid... my guess is on Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum... read here: http://wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/pimelodids.htm
Bob Fenner>

Re: Unable to identify fish. 1/4/08
"<Likely a Pimelodid... my guess is on Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum... read here: http://wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/pimelodids.htm
Bob Fenner>"
Hello Again, I have identified the " unidentified fish", or so i believe. I think it is a tiger catfish thanks so much.
<Ahh, welcome. BobF>