[PlatyLady]

hello, all,
A friend of mine bought this guy at WalMart a few months ago. He was sold to them as an algae eater, which he certainly is not. This fish, who they affectionately call John Ho, is about 1 1/2 to 2 inches long, is black with white stripes, and has spines and what I would describe as a fork tail. He looks like some sort of catfish to me, especially since he has two big, long whiskers near his mouth, he hates being in bright light. The dorms are closing for the semester break, so they were going to put him in a smaller pet carrier to take him home today, but when they netted him, he "growled". I thought they were nuts, so I netted him myself, but lo and behold, he seems to actually make a growling noise when you take him out of the water! Frankly, both my friend and I are creeped out by John Ho, and she wants to give him away to the lfs, but we want to know what on earth he is? I don't have a picture at this time, but hopefully I'll get one soon. Does anyone have a clue as to what this fish could be??