Someone please ID this fish

[koizilla714]

Please help me id this fish,Is it a Megalodoras or oxydoras? Thanks

 

[krichardson]

It's no megalodoras and I don't recall Oxydoras having branched barbels the way this fish has.That is a trait of the Synodontis cats if I remember correctly.

 

[smitty03281964]

I think father time is robbing me of my memory because I sed to know this catfish like I know my name and now I am drawing a blank.

 

[jlnguyen74]

Looks like oxydoras niger

 

[krichardson]

It really does but those barbels throw me off.

 

[moe214]

thebiggerthebetter

 

[koizilla714]

It does look like oxydoras but baby oxydoras doesn't have branched barbels.

 

[koizilla714]

does oxydoras make audible noises? coz this one does

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Looks like a Hassar species to me, probably orestis or wilderi http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/genus.php?genus_id=25#39 -- stare at the photos and see which one looks the closest.

These guys have a funny common name - Black top mouse catfish

 

[krichardson]

does oxydoras make audible noises? coz this one does

Some of them do but so do a lot of catfish species....when they are removed from water.

Looks like a Hassar species to me, probably orestis or wilderi http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/genus.php?genus_id=25#39 -- stare at the photos and see which one looks the closest.

These guys have a funny common name - Black top mouse catfish

I think it is some kind of Hassar and upon checking the photos of juveniles for comparison I've noticed those same branched barbels as the fish in this thread