Cow Catfish Thingy

[Esfa]

What's that catfish called... black and white like a cow... get's huge and will eat everything it it's tank... c something.

CFC should know... he said he'd never keep one.

 

[shroob]

I think you mean 'water cow' Eleotris picta, a type of sleeper goby I think.

http/filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/Speci...ary.php?id=3828

 

[Esfa]

I think you mean 'water cow' Eleotris picta, a type of sleeper goby I think.

[URL="http/filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/Speci...ary.php?id=3828"]http/filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/Speci...ary.php?id=3828[/URL]

Nope It's an actual catfish, it's just got the black and white cow blotches.

Sorry, didnt explain it well.

 

[Colin_T]

a tiger shovelnose catfish perhaps, they are black & white striped and eat everything

 

[shroob]

Hmmm, I'm interested in what this fish is now , could be Cowus daisyus <my lame attempt at a joke...I need to sleep more>
Its the blotches thats got me wondering, all I can picture is a cow with gills and fins now, with a bell around its neck.

 

[Esfa]

YES! I remembered haha.

clarius catfish!

 

[Colin_T]

that's an interesting fish. What's the scientific name of it and is it a man made colour form or natural colour?

 

[andywg]

Clarias batrachus, also known as the walking catfish.

 

[Colin_T]

so is the picture a man made colour form because I thought they were meant to be a grey colour?

 

[Esfa]

so is the picture a man made colour form because I thought they were meant to be a grey colour?

yeah, i think it was "made" by selective breeding.

 

[severum boy]

The piebald is just a natural colour sport that has been bred in mass numbers for the food market.