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FrontTank
10-14-2011, 12:28 PM
Hello Everyone,

I wanted to see if I could get a few more eyes on this guy so I could confirm what type of catfish he is.

Let me introduce One-Eyed Willy, when I purchased him around 2 years ago he was extremely small and was sold as a hoplo catfish. Needless to say once he grew just a bit, he was obviously nothing like my other hoplo cats. He was missing his left eye when I got him, but that hasn’t seemed to have slowed him down any.

At this point, he is about 11.5 inches in length. He does not seem to be growing anymore. While he doesn’t bother the other fish, I’m thinking of getting rid of him in order to make room for more Severums.

I believe he is a bullhead catfish, but I wanted to see if a few other people would confirm or correct me.

Thanks,
Steve

guppy breeder
10-14-2011, 12:39 PM
not a bull head or a channel im not sure what kinda cat he is tho

newkid
10-14-2011, 01:17 PM
looks like a young flathead from the coloration

Sigmar
10-14-2011, 01:59 PM
opelousas cat ?

laurelty4
10-14-2011, 02:39 PM
speckled bullhead. sold one a year or so ago

zoohouse
10-14-2011, 03:33 PM
:werdsign:Yep speckled bullhead. One of my favorite native cats.

FrontTank
10-14-2011, 09:30 PM
Thanks everyone for the help identifying the catfish. After looking around more on google, it does look like he is a speckled bullhead catfish. If anyone is interested in him for your own tank, let me know.