Striped Raphael Catfish (Talking Catfish)

The Grunt of the Aquatic Piglet:

If you are forced to take it out of the water with a bucket in case of moving or illness, or if it is threatened by another fish at night, it will surprise you. By contracting a muscle on the spine it will make the rib cage vibrate like the soundboard of a cello, emitting noises that sound like the unmistakable grunts of an annoyed mini pig.

You Will Never See It Again (Until Late at Night):

The main warning for those who spend money to buy this magnificent zebra fish: it is hyper-lucifugous (it hates light and is purely nocturnal). If you throw it in a normal aquarium during the day, it will instantly crawl under the most inaccessible root, or even half-bury itself in the sand wedging itself to death in a crack and will remain literally motionless for months. Do not force it out. Put the food in only in total darkness and equip yourself with a red-light flashlight if you want to spy on it patrolling the bottom at night.

A Stuck and Spiky Tractor (Never with nets):

The entire lateral white line you see on the fish is not color, it is an armored column of bony plates equipped with hook-bent rostra. It is an impenetrable medieval armor. If you try to catch it with a net, the hooks will become permanently stuck, making it impossible to get it out without killing it with scissors. Use exclusively large rigid plastic bowls. Furthermore, if it voluntarily wedges itself in a hole in a log or a crevice to sleep, it is useless to try to pull it out (it turns to stone to defend itself from predators).

Slow Eaters and Fattening:

Once it reaches XXL size (a 20-centimeter / 8-inch sausage), it becomes very slow and lazy. If the tank mates quickly eat the nocturnal pellets before they reach the bottom, the Raphael will starve.