My Catfish Collection :)
- Thread starter vincentwugwg
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wednesday13
thebiggerthebetter
This is an Albino Mytsus sp. that fisherman have just caught right out of the river.... Have you guys ever seen one of these with it's albino mutation?
Amazing pickups as always Vince! Don't believe ive seen an albino mystus wyckii a.k.a. (black devil cat). The Asian RTC albino is readily available tho and looks similiar. I'm no expert on telling the 2 apart.
thebiggerthebetter
should know. I do believe that's a true wyckii tho 
. let him settle in and get em on a plane lol... There notorious for hating tank mates...but worth it for something no one or not many have...or have even seen.
thebiggerthebetter
should know. I do believe that's a true wyckii tho . let him settle in and get em on a plane lol... There notorious for hating tank mates...but worth it for something no one or not many have...or have even seen.
that's super rare and nice.,My albino Vulture Cat arrived!
thanks Russ...Wyckii was my second guess on this cat. The ARTC has a much more slender/elongated body compared to this cat.
Stunning beyond words vincent. your collection is endless and some ive never even seen before.
*****A pedantic note: Perhaps the video is misleading but it appears the eye of the vulture has pigment.
*****Congratulatory note: Lovely fish all three!
*****ID note: The Hemibagrus species did strike me as a wyckii too but now that there are 32 spp instead of 3, it is harder to be sure.
The albino ARTC that Russ mentioned is probably, I am guessing, what used to be known as Hemibagrus nemurus and now became Hemibagrus spilopterus - a farmed food fish in SE Asia dominated by the albinism and the culls of which we get in our hobby trade.
I can be wrong but I don't think I've ever seen an albino ARTC.
*****Grumpy note: I'd much prefer for clarity that we all as a community use ARTC only for Hemibagrus wyckioides and none other Hemibagrus, because wyckioides only has the red tail, albeit again, with the new revision by Dr. H. H. Ng. in view, I may be wrong.
I understand the retailers have a difficulty telling young Hemibagrus apart and call them either ARTC or the numerous common names for the wyckii. But we as a community know better.
*****Post-production quality control note: Just my $0.02.
*****Congratulatory note: Lovely fish all three!
*****ID note: The Hemibagrus species did strike me as a wyckii too but now that there are 32 spp instead of 3, it is harder to be sure.
The albino ARTC that Russ mentioned is probably, I am guessing, what used to be known as Hemibagrus nemurus and now became Hemibagrus spilopterus - a farmed food fish in SE Asia dominated by the albinism and the culls of which we get in our hobby trade.
I can be wrong but I don't think I've ever seen an albino ARTC.
*****Grumpy note: I'd much prefer for clarity that we all as a community use ARTC only for Hemibagrus wyckioides and none other Hemibagrus, because wyckioides only has the red tail, albeit again, with the new revision by Dr. H. H. Ng. in view, I may be wrong.
I understand the retailers have a difficulty telling young Hemibagrus apart and call them either ARTC or the numerous common names for the wyckii. But we as a community know better.
*****Post-production quality control note: Just my $0.02.
