Here is another pic if it's any help

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Sorry, but most of the fish is hidden again and blurry. Did you look on Google at the images there? It would be easier if you could do that as you can compare directly to the actual fish and let us know if it matches or not.

As to the shop selling it knowing it was for a home aquarium, unfortunately that's no guide to what the fish is. Despite their unsuitability, fish like that are sold for home aquariums all the time.

I am with Noodle now on this one. It does look very much like a Pangasius sanitwongsei juvenile. These fish are sold a lot in fishkeeping shops as are many other fish that are labelled Tankbusters and should never be sold to the geneeral public.

The photo below Coutesy of www.scotcat.com shows a fish that broke the world record for this species weighing in at 29.5kg (65pounds). A big fish much too big for 50litres. A lot of catfish sold in shops grow to around this size.

General rule of fishkeeping... Never, Never buy a fish on impulse! There a far too many sold by unscrupulous shops that are just juveniles but turn into huge monsters that will soon outgrow most tanks owned by the public. Look in the shops, write down the names of those you like and then go away and research the information on your chosen fish. This way you can stop any heartache and stress for fish when you have to rehome them, (if you can). The other problem with large fish like yours is the fact it WILL eat your other smaller fish as it grows (rapidly).

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I have had a look on at it looks like this www.arofanatics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=359855.

Thank you all for your help.

Oh dear, that's worse than before in some regards. Not that it makes a lot of difference in your situation, but that one gets to nearly 4 1/2 feet long and 40kg. It easily gets to 3ft quite rapidly and needs a tank at least 15 feet long by 6 feet wide and 6 feet deep (15,000 litres).

Thanks. Will get on trying to find it a new home Will stop buying fish on impulse!

make good eating when bigger, Tesco sell it on fish counter

Waitrose too

I thought of suggesting that then thought people would shout at me

If that fish was mine I'd ask my local public aquarium if they knew what it was and if they'd take it.