ID catfish please

[zestin]

Hello, I recently purchased two of these albino/xanthic form of a catfish. My LFS wasn't sure what species they were.

Thanks for the help!

For the 1st photo, look at the top right handside to see the fish! (the one in the middle was blurred out by the flash)

 

[jclyde13]

Looks like an albino ARTC.

 

[knifegill]

Looks like a mystus.

Looks like an albino ARTC.

That, too.

More likely the ARTC, after comparing...

 

[zestin]

Hey guys, thanks so much for the quick ID, they're definitely asian rtc.

I never knew Asian RTC existed! i was only familiar with the normal RTCs. goodness, they grow to be huge too!

I'll have to start making plans for the future..

 

[headbanger_jib]

mystus nemerus

 

[knifegill]

I thought mystus, too, jib. But the hump on the back in front of the dorsal is a pretty strong trait.

 

[wayne the pain]

Hemibagrus nemurus

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=801

 

[Tanks of Steel]

Had one once. Careful what you house them with. Mine ate fish his own size. Amazing fish! My Tank Buster book labels them as "the most viscious freshwater fish...bite aquarist hands..."