White Snakehead ID please

[Peter McFarlane]

Not my fish.

Just curious to find out what species this is?!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a103/petermcfarlane/sh.jpg

Thanks in advance

Pete

[Gozi]

I think its a striata!

[Peter McFarlane]

are striata rare? i'm struggling to find any info on this fish

[Channa jocaaa]

its a striata

[PhullTank57]

:iagree:striata.

[DiXoN]

striata seem to be the more common species that show up as albino or leucistic.
has anyone seem any other species with these traits.

on a side note i have very little clue when it comes to species id on snakeheads i am just assuming this is striata as most here seem to think this is correct.

[hermandrum]

albino striata

[King-eL]

Ver nice striata! Seen them before in my lfs. Should have bought them but I have no idea what they were at that time.

[FishGoneWild]

Is that a platinum striata? I thought albino genes has red eyes and in his picture the fish does not have red eyes.

[Oleoleole]

It have both red eye and black eye but I think red eye in this pic.
It can breeding in some fish farm now.

[intrxz]

i wonder anyone came across the albino maruloides ??

[tropheus]

i wonder anyone came across the albino maruloides ??



never seen one , infact only colour mutations i have seen are straita and micro , both come from fish farms and are the product of heavy breeding , most of the straita and micro in the trade are farmed for food and sold as by product to the aquarium trade , some micros are still wild caught but just about every straita will have come from a farm , if you know of any farms that breed maruloides then this is where the albinos will turn up , in the wild they would be eaten in no time at all as they stand out



only naturally occoring mutation that i know of is gachua sp super nova which looks to be a piebald varient that has bred and survived in nature.




fish in picture is indeed a straita albino , straita are genrally very cheep as they are farmed , i would expect to pay less then £10 for a normal coloured and no more than £30 for the one pictured , some people may pay more but you would be lucky. it is not really a rare fish.



cheers col

[jelly]

Also Punctata is available as Albino the leuristic.

[tropheus]

Also Punctata is available as Albino the leuristic.

ahh havnt seen that one yet , i dont mind albinos and the like , i would prefer a xanthic so you could still some pattern , but i think most channa look far better in there natural colour



cheers col

[coltergeist]

looks cool

[Aircut64]

Striata is not that much rare, but the albino striata is ;) ! So you're striata is pretty rare after all ^^.

[le patron]

its a striata and boy its a pretty one!

[tropheus]

Striata is not that much rare, but the albino striata is ;) ! So you're striata is pretty rare after all ^^.




actually in the aquarium trade , albino straita is probably more easy to obtain (although more expensive) than a normal coloured straita. all straita are impoted from food farms , any albino is taken out as they know it will fetch more in the aquarium trade. the normal coloured ones are rarley exported , they are a much more common fish but actually seen less in the trade.

[PhullTank57]

col, which channa sp. is this one?


cheers! :)


never seen one , infact only colour mutations i have seen are straita and micro , both come from fish farms and are the product of heavy breeding , most of the straita and micro in the trade are farmed for food and sold as by product to the aquarium trade , some micros are still wild caught but just about every straita will have come from a farm , if you know of any farms that breed maruloides then this is where the albinos will turn up , in the wild they would be eaten in no time at all as they stand out


only naturally occoring mutation that i know of is gachua sp super nova which looks to be a piebald varient that has bred and survived in nature.


fish in picture is indeed a straita albino , straita are genrally very cheep as they are farmed , i would expect to pay less then £10 for a normal coloured and no more than £30 for the one pictured , some people may pay more but you would be lucky. it is not really a rare fish.


cheers col

[tropheus]

hi phull , hard to tell from that angle. does not look straita at that angle , but still could be , could use a shot of the head really

cheers col

[PhullTank57]

Here is a pic of that Platinum channa that was posted for sale here sometime ago. What channa species is this one?

Also, found this pic on the net, labled as... "Yellow Channa?" Species?? :uhoh: :popcorn:

[PhullTank57]

hi col, got that pic from an acquaintance awhile back... don't know if still currently has? do have another pic when was younger...think it shows a better head profile shot. i'll try to dig it up.

agreed, definitely don't think it's striata either?


cheers! :)


hi phull , hard to tell from that angle. does not look straita at that angle , but still could be , could use a shot of the head really

cheers col

[tropheus]

Here is a pic of that Platinum channa that was posted for sale here sometime ago. What channa species is this one?

Also, found this pic on the net, labled as... "Yellow Channa?" Species?? :uhoh: :popcorn:


the platinum looks like sp. platimun a new species , but i havnt seen this in person yet , iam sure jelly has either got / had one or at least seen them and could probably confirm



and the yellow one i have no idea at all , never seen this one before



cheers col

[Aircut64]

WOOOOOOOOOW Awsome snakies :D !

[PhullTank57]

the platinum looks like sp. platimun a new species , but i havnt seen this in person yet , iam sure jelly has either got / had one or at least seen them and could probably confirm

and the yellow one i have no idea at all , never seen this one before


cheers col

hi col, here's that other pic... still quite hard to tell for sure?!! :uhoh: