Brown or black bullhead?

[firefly1152]

This is from a baitshop tank in Wisconsin. He's about 3 inches long and currently hanging out in a 10g until I get the 75g ready.

I'm having a hard time trying to figure out if he's a black or brown. He had a white molted appearance when I first got him, but I attributed that to stress and lack of food. The baitshop I got him from doesn't feed their fish.

As of today, he has a black coloring with a white belly. He likes to eat snails, so I have a bunch of bladder snails in with him. He also gets omega one shrimp pellets.

The first two pics were taken a week after I got him. The rest were taken today when I did a water change. He didn't want to sit still, so I put him an a container for pictures.

 

[tlindsey]

This is from a baitshop tank in Wisconsin. He's about 3 inches long and currently hanging out in a 10g until I get the 75g ready.

I'm having a hard time trying to figure out if he's a black or brown. He had a white molted appearance when I first got him, but I attributed that to stress and lack of food. The baitshop I got him from doesn't feed their fish.

As of today, he has a black coloring with a white belly. He likes to eat snails, so I have a bunch of bladder snails in with him. He also gets omega one shrimp pellets.

The first two pics were taken a week after I got him. The rest were taken today when I did a water change. He didn't want to sit still, so I put him an a container for pictures.

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type Brown or Black Bullhead in the search bar above and see if that helps.

 

[Moontanman]

I think it's a black bullhead, I have a brown bullhead, his color is more mottled brown that flat black like the one you show...

 

[tlindsey]

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=11118

 

[Sir Speedy]

Looks like a brown bullhead . I got this off the net. The brown looks to have a larger tail fin like yours.

 

[firefly1152]

I tried counting rays and it seems he has only 16-ish.

Also, there have been reports of black x brown hybrids in Wisconsin. Any ideas on what traits they have?

 

[divemaster99]

As stated above, it looks like the fish only has ~16 anal rays. Less than 19 indicates it would be a Black Bullhead. If you can get a positive count to verify, that'd help a lot.

 

[Boomer1224]

in the lower photos it looks like a black bullhead

 

[Dat boi blu]

I’d say brown. The belly isn’t that yellow. It could just be water quality or the fishes personal coloration