Mekong x RTC hybrid?

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Sorry if i am beating a dead horse here, just saw this while looking through RTC pics on google. Has anyone seen this fish before? i knew RTC x TSN hybrids were common but had never heard of this one.1b605e71f2e14aa272a8a53546def065--fishing-lakes-freshwater-fish.jpg
 
Been up before....it's a piebald Mekong if I remember right.
 
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Been up before....it's a piebald Mekong if I remember right.
Yep,it has been posted before but that's no big deal as some might not have seen this awesome looking fish previously.
 
AFAIK, this is not a Mekong (aka Mekong Giant Catfish) but a common IDS = iridescent shark catfish with a very uncommon mutation in the genes that make its pigment aggregate in some portions of the skin and lack in others.

This have been known before.

Also been shown in channel catfish:

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