Never saw one of these before! Ideas??

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Flatheads, Blues and Channel cats are the most common species fished for by hand. But a piebald channel cat is not common anywhere as far as I'm aware. This is a really cool looking fish and what's even cooler is it's natural not a man made aquarium strain.
 
JONNY CICHLA said:
Is this common for you guys in the states being a channel cat?? and is this the species i wotch the Mad guys Noodle for with there hands and heads underwater :screwy:
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The coloration definitely isn't common, I've never caught a channel that wasn't the typical light blue/grey coloration. People who go noodling tend to target flathead catfish, bigger and meaner and apparently more fun to put your hand in their mouths.
 
Relevant threads:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...elievable-crazy-hybrid-catfish&highlight=orca

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?549303-Mekong-x-Redtail-!&highlight=orca

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...DS-a-striking-freak-of-nature!&highlight=orca

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?607098-piebald-bisected-RTC

As Sulurus (Dr. Heok Hee Ng) explains "It's... ... some kind of genetic defect for color. All of the chromatophores seem to be highly aggregated in parts of the body, causing some areas to be albinistic and others to be very dark."

TSN:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...hovelNose-catfish-color-morphing-!-(2-Viewing

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?567726-Albino-tiger-shovel-nose-catfish

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=37969&hilit=platinum
 
My family owns a pond and ordered 200 fingering blue channels several years ago from a hatchery that stocks ponds. There was one that was like this and a few pure albino.
Beautiful animals
 
Beautiful channel cat, if anyone has one I'd be happy to take it off your hands :D
 
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