Looking for an ID on this guy. I got him from a local market in Hanoi, Vietnam. Sold as food. I don't think he'll make it sadly but good to get an ID anyway.
Vietnamese catfish ID
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Definitely not Wels, i would suggest to look more Bagridae.
Tachysurus Fulvidraco.
Shame if it didn't make it, common over there but extremely rare over here!
Tachysurus Fulvidraco.
Shame if it didn't make it, common over there but extremely rare over here!
Do you not think this is Hemibagrus nemurus, which is often an albino (albeit this one may not be) and is commonly farmed for food in (SE) Asia?
We get culls here in the US marketed as albino Asian red tail catfish (sadly a wrong label).
In any case, it is a Bagrid, like a Mystus or Hemibagrus.
We get culls here in the US marketed as albino Asian red tail catfish (sadly a wrong label).
In any case, it is a Bagrid, like a Mystus or Hemibagrus.
Initially I thought so yes but the head looked too narrow and the eyes too set in the head. Then if you look closely just above the pectoral fin you can see the fin spine outside the body. Take a look at the albino Tachysurus on PCF and you can see the same. Nose to shoulders looks too steep for nemurus.
More photos would help.
Note also that Tachysurus Fluvidraco is a colder water cat from China and Korea and a huge foodfish over there which again fits the bill.
Although, albino form throws it a bit as only ever seen the pic on PCF to confirm they are breeding them that way. Would have expected to see more in states and Europe admittedly.
More photos would help.
Note also that Tachysurus Fluvidraco is a colder water cat from China and Korea and a huge foodfish over there which again fits the bill.
Although, albino form throws it a bit as only ever seen the pic on PCF to confirm they are breeding them that way. Would have expected to see more in states and Europe admittedly.
Thanks guys. I think you were right with Tachysurus Fulvidraco. I'll keep an eye out for more. Today I got a spiny eel and a few more freshwater gobies.
Today at the market. The big guy would have cost me about £1 
No idea on your cat, but....
Some friends of mine just spent a week in Medellin Colombia.
They found this in a local fish market.
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Some friends of mine just spent a week in Medellin Colombia.
They found this in a local fish market.
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Excellent, the cat in the first pic is the normal coloration of Trachysurus Fluvidraco. Interesting to see relatively small Bagarius too in the other pics.