Update on my black bullhead catfish with nice pattern
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My thoughts too. I asked because I'm pretty sure that this is Ameiurus serracanthus from Florida and Georgia. I caught fish that look just like that guy while I was growing up in the Okefenokee swamp. It seems as though they will in fact keep the color if this is what they are.
Yeah, if it is that's one lucky dude, Spotted Bullheads are really hard to find.
I was about to say this, without having read the rest of the thread. I agree, this isn't a black bullhead.
I'm moving back to Georgia in December. I'll see if I can get some and get them out into the hobby this spring.
I'm moving back to Georgia in December. I'll see if I can get some and get them out into the hobby this spring.
that would be awesome.... theyre beautifull fish and just the right size for a medium tank.
I think its a Southern Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus marmoratus from Florida, jonahsaquarium.com & zimmermansfish.com are selling them now.
I think you may be right. After looking into it a bit more, A. serracanthus doesn't live in any rivers from which I could have caught one. They're more down in the Big Bend region of Florida, and I grew up on the St. Mary's River.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/catfish/ictaluridae/spottedbullhead.htm
At the same time though, the University of Florida does unequivocally state that serracanthus is the only bullhead with those spots.
EDIT- After doing a bit more reading, it does appear that Mikeberg is correct. The base color, lack of a black splotch on the dorsal fin and the contrasting black/white pattern of the rays and membranes in the fins ID this fish. Well done, sir.
I've seen them go over 20" more regularly, especially in trapnets in deep parts of the lakes.
