Phantom Redtail Catfish Journal

[Mitchell The Monster]

I was talking to Rod from predatory fins and he offered me a new catfish never been seen on the market so he instantly had my attention. He sent me a video and I thought it was so bizarre I had to hop on the train. Introducing the Phantom Redtail catfish! I’d love help figuring out the proper mutation term.

 

[Niki_up]

Nice pickup, I believe the word your looking for is leucistic. Lacking color but still has eye pigment

 

[twentyleagues]

Nice pickup, I believe the word your looking for is leucistic. Lacking color but still has eye pigment

Platinum works too.

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

just checked the website 350.00 is pretty good for a platinum

 

[Fishman Dave]

Would suggest IMO it’s not a platinum. For a platinum I would want a sheen to it and not to be able to see any of the original markings or colour beneath the platinum, albeit it is still a very young fish and the sheen may improve.
it is however a different colour variant (or rather lack of colour variant) and a good looking fish.

The pink redtail cat!

 

[Mitchell The Monster]

Would suggest IMO it’s not a platinum. For a platinum I would want a sheen to it and not to be able to see any of the original markings or colour beneath the platinum, albeit it is still a very young fish and the sheen may improve.
it is however a different colour variant (or rather lack of colour variant) and a good looking fish.

The pink redtail cat!

I’m starting to think amelonistic might be correct

 

[twentyleagues]

I’m starting to think amelonistic might be correct

With the dark eyes and darkish top half I'd say probably not. Amelanistic is the lack of all melanin or the dark pigments, but can still allow other colors that don't contain melanin. Hypomelanistic maybe.....but I don't know enough to say if that would allow for the eyes either.
Keep us updated maybe in a year or so it will change and we will see a different fish.

 

[GiantFishKeeper101]

Probably some weird morph that labelled as "Panda morph". Like the Panda Tinfoil Barbs, see-through body with black eyes

 

[Fishman Dave]

With the dark eyes and darkish top half I'd say probably not. Amelanistic is the lack of all melanin or the dark pigments, but can still allow other colors that don't contain melanin. Hypomelanistic maybe.....but I don't know enough to say if that would allow for the eyes either.
Keep us updated maybe in a year or so it will change and we will see a different fish.

Whilst from my understanding, an amelanistic fish can have a lack of pigmentation in the skin but still have black eyes, I would agree that it is probably not amelanistic.

If anything IMO I would have to suggest it is some level of leusistic.

 

[Mitchell The Monster]