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My friend got a catfish at a store a long time ago and he has no idea what kind it is. It almost looks like a pleco and has spikes running down ist side. Any help? http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z33/cjwalker28/1209082024-03.jpg

Looks like a Megalodoras species to me.

yea your right. if you find anything else on it let me know

found it.... Pseudodoras niger .... thanks for the lead

ok so deff not a type of Megalodoras its a oxydoras niger and im about 99% sure they usealy have a very hard to see blue coloring muxed with the black..... u better have a huge tank i know some one with one that is 45 inches long.... they seem to not be affecting by "stunting" they will grow and grow till it breaks the glass on ur tank or breaks a seal on a acrylic(spelling is off) tank. these fish are truely a beautyful fish one of my favorites......

Just to show u that they dont get stunted easily the 45 incher was grown to 45 inches in a 180 gallon before getting move to a 15,000 gallon tank.

his is in a thirty gallon.... going in to his 240. it will have a great time.

the 240 will be good till he gets 2 feet long they are very stiff fish and cant bend well u need to get a larger tank........

Wow your friend has a 15,000 gallon tank??

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Have a look here a common name Rip saw Catfish has a good photo
More info will be there too.

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Well its hard to explain he lives in florida..... and i live seattle i meet him on a diff website and we kinda have the same personality and i can get him rare large fish that out grow my lfs suppliers breeding tanks or import tanks.......

hahah thats my fish.