Anyone ever seen or heard of a black color pictus catfish? Most pictus i've seen at lfs are silver-bodied with black markings. The one i saw at a lfs today seemed to have reverse coloring. It was all black and faint silver spots along the body. It was just a juvenile maybe 2-3" and the guy said it was a typical pictus but i don't really think he knows what he's talking about. It def wasn't an iridescent or channel cat as ive owned those before. Forgot to take pics unfortunately...anyone seen a pictus like this?
Black Pictus Catfish?
- Thread starter Kollection
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I never have. All the pictus I've seen looked more or less the same along the two morphs in the trade - Colombian and Peruvian. Pics would be great especially since the right ID may settle this.
This is the first time I've heard of a different-looking pictus, which was yesterday: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=37979 and now you too
This is the first time I've heard of a different-looking pictus, which was yesterday: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=37979 and now you too
this makes me wonder if it was even a pictus at all. It was in the same tank as a pictus and did look quite similar to the other known pictus in the tank. I'll have to go back and see if it's still there and try to take a pic or vid. Maybe ill even just buy it as it was only priced at 5.99 lol...thing is i dont really need more fish at the moment but it was something different to see
I know what you mean... but at the same time, if you are a koi enthusiast, as implied by a beautiful diamond scale chagoi (?) in your avatar, a $6 fish that perhaps grows to only 6" is nothing, a droplet in the ocean
So, I went back to the lfs today to try and get the catfish i was talking about and luckily it was still there. Turns out it is marbled bullhead catfish; guess i should of looked closer at it and not taken the worker's word of it being a pictus. Now that i look at it more it doesn't even look close to a pictus. I guess i don't really know my catfish all that well lol but luckily the owner was in and he knew what it was. Not the rare black pictus i was hoping for, haha, but still a different kind of catfish i haven't seen too often in my area. Anyways, I picked it up just for the heck of it. 
It's actually a gin rin chagoi. I took that pic at a koi show i went to and the picture is unedited. The reflection of the light probably makes the pic a lot better but the actual fish pretty much looks like that in real life. It's pretty sweet looking, trust me
That's a karashigoi. Or the colour in the pic isn't the same as in RL
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It's actually a gin rin chagoi. I took that pic at a koi show i went to and the picture is unedited. The reflection of the light probably makes the pic a lot better but the actual fish pretty much looks like that in real life. It's pretty sweet looking, trust me
Well, what are you waiting for. Pics
Looking at the Koi's head, I see that it's a Chagoi. The ginrin on the body makes the fish look yellow!
You and I need to chat about koi.
Not many Koi keepers on here.
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Getting pics now
....im always down to chat about koi. still new to them and have lots to learn. never really appreciated their beauty till i saw show quality ones; then i was hooked haha. Unfortunately, do to space i can't really properly keep any but i always love looking at other peoples' ponds.
best pic i could get of it with my crappy phone camera...yeah definitely not a pictus. the whiskers and tail are totally different. guess i just kept thinking pictus cause that's what it was housed with in the store. Only guy in there so i had to get it
