If this is on postgres could you try:
\dt categ*
which on my install shows:
List of relations
Schema | Name | Type | Owner
--------+----------------------------+-------+---------
public | categories | table | nsadmin
public | category_links | table | nsadmin
public | category_object_map | table | nsadmin
public | category_search | table | nsadmin
public | category_search_index | table | nsadmin
public | category_search_results | table | nsadmin
public | category_synonym_index | table | nsadmin
public | category_synonyms | table | nsadmin
public | category_temp | table | nsadmin
public | category_translations | table | nsadmin
public | category_tree_map | table | nsadmin
public | category_tree_translations | table | nsadmin
public | category_trees | table | nsadmin
(13 rows)
