what cat is this?

[ari]

i truly have no idea what cat is this. the FS sold them under the name Marbel Shovelnose..well... FS, u know how they are . i bought this fish for the sake wanting to know more...well, its been 3 months now...and still have no clue what cat this is.
Anyone?

this photo was taken on the day i bought it

and ...this how he/she looks now. a bit of a slow grower i must say.

 

[red-devil0602]

looks abit like a giraffe-nosed catfish (auchenoglanis occidentalis)

 

[CFC]

Its a hybrid of a Liearus longibarbus and a tiger shovelnose.

 

[ari]

yea..i too suspect this is a hybrid. frankly i shouldnt be keeping this fish, but then i just wanna know how it would look when it grows up and how big will they get. i have seen plenty of tiger shovelnose X redtail cat hybrid, and so far i stayed clear away from them.

 

[red-devil0602]

i showed a guy in the know this pic and he said "No, this is one of those intergeneric pimelodid hybrids (possibly Pseudoplatystoma X Pimelodus)."

 

[CFC]

yeah, we already figured that one out

 

[red-devil0602]

sorry )

 

[ari]

hahaha..good work boys.