Albino silurus for sale in NY

[catfishtimmy]

Saw this on facebook going to share here, hopefully someone buys it so we can watch it grow. might be one of the last ones available in the us market. The store is country critters in NY the price is 800$ approximately 7"

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Good to see you're still around, Tim. I was wondering if you had gone underground or something.

Hmm, funny how they avoid saying Silurus glanis I guess because it is banned and how much the price is jacked up by ~4x versus what Wes sold them... wednesday13 fugupuff The selective breeding (while true) is also funny... as if the breeders made any special effort and went great lengths and spared no expense... it's all happened naturally on the farm, maybe even against their wishes. Or so I think.

 

[wpeixes]

this is not a wels...

 

[moe214]

Face looks a little off to me from what I've seen of wels, then again the pictures aren't the greatest nor am I an expert in them.

 

[wednesday13]

4 whiskers silurus astos/silurus meridonalis... 6 whiskers silurus glanis, per Wes himself

 

[krichardson]

4 whiskers silurus astos/silurus meridonalis... 6 whiskers silurus glanis, per Wes himself

So,are the other silurus species banned as well or just glanis?

 

[wpeixes]

4 barbels on the chin for a wels, this one only has 2...

my guess is amur catfish - this one comes in albino too

ban is only on glanis as far as i know

 

[wednesday13]

So,are the other silurus species banned as well or just glanis?

shhhhh! dont give them anymore ideas lol...

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

shhhhh! dont give them anymore ideas lol...

Lol, the same thought occurred to me.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

W wpeixes great catch! I didn't know this difference and didn't notice of course. That explains it too why the vendor wouldn't call it by species name, only genus.