Name That Fish!

I came across these incredible photos on an Asian fishing forum earlier today. This is a species you’ll probably never see in North America, except at a pet store. Name that fish!

Name that fish!Name that fish!

UPDATE: The correct answer is redtail cafish!
Original photo found at fishing-forum.info

10 Comments
January 28, 2009 by Clive Mathias

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10 Comments on “Name That Fish!...”

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  • avatar AT
    3 years ago #

    Red Tail Catfish
    Phractocephalus hemioliopterus

  • avatar Eric
    3 years ago #

    I was going to say some kind of Cory Catfish, but yah… its a Redtail Cat.

  • avatar chris
    3 years ago #

    How about Chester? As good a name as any.

  • avatar Mauricio
    3 years ago #

    It’s a “Pirarara”, brasilian big catfish from Brasil’s North rivers. Now, very commom at fishing farms across the country.

  • avatar Woody
    3 years ago #

    Oh mate, where’s my comment gone that i sent on here the other day?…It wouldn’t have offended or upset anyone if it had gone on?!!!…I know answers when it comes to aquarium fish more than fishing fish if you know what i mean!

  • avatar Clive Mathias
    3 years ago #

    I dunno where it went Woody, what did you say?

  • avatar Woody
    3 years ago #

    Nothing that would change the world (just my usual crap!) I was just saying how these fish and a lot more like them shouldn’t be allowed to be sold to the general public if they can’t prove they have the huge quarters needed to keep these fish in the adult size that they will get…These Red Tails at just 2 inches will get 1 foot long within 6 months with proper care…I would kill to be able to have a fish of that size in the picture in my house as a pet, it’s a real tank buster.

  • avatar Clive Mathias
    3 years ago #

    Redtail Catfish is correct.
    According to Wikipedia:
    “The redtail catfish, Phractocephalus hemioliopterus, is a pimelodid (long-whiskered) catfish named for its red or orange caudal fin. In Venezuela it is known as cajaro and in Brazil it is known as pirarara.[1] It is the only extant species of the genus Phractocephalus. This fish originates from South America. Despite reaching a large size, this fish is a common aquarium fish.”

  • avatar Douglas Wall
    2 years, 10 months ago #

    Answer to the FLW trivia question:

    Scott Suggs won the 2007 Forrest Wood Cup

  • avatar Marcelo S. Moreno
    1 year, 3 months ago #

    Pirarara in Brazil !!

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