Custard Cats?

[MermaidMel]

My LFS has some catfish that they are calling Custard Cats. I can't get down there for a couple more weeks to investigate, but I'm curious that I can't find them on the net anywhere so this is obviously not their proper name and wonder if anyone knows. They are a typical catfish look with the flat mouths and barbels, but they are a sort of blush custard colour and very active, shoaling and beautiful and in LFS only about 2-3" at the MOMENT.

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions what they may be?

 

[calandra]

have been through my species book Mel, sorry, no custard

Cal

 

[SJ2K]

Possibly Ameiurus natalis?

 

[MermaidMel]

Possibly Ameiurus natalis?

Tis not they have much flatter faces and are custard colour lol

 

[SJ2K]

Well custard is yellow and they dont come much more yellow then the Yellow Catfish Fraid you'll either have to go back and ask or try to be more specific.

*Edit*

Yellow with a flat head, best I can do im afraid.

 

[MermaidMel]

My mistake, haven't seen them in such a long while I forgot what they were like. They are synodontis catfish, some form of colourless version

 

[The-Wolf]

look like a colour variation of the featherfin syno

 

[MermaidMel]

Yep could be right there, haven't seen them hang upside down yet

 

[SJ2K]

Im going with the variation, i wouldnt rely on the 'upside down' idea too much, somone I know has one which is rarely/never upside down.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

well i dunno about custard cats but you've made me hungry for custardd creams now! who'se making the brews?